Journalist crushed to death at ex-Pakistan PM Khan’s march

Journalist crushed to death at ex-Pakistan PM Khan’s march
People carry the body of a female journalist during her funeral ceremony in Lahore (KM Chaudary/AP)

A female journalist was crushed to death in Pakistan while covering a political march led by former prime minister Imran Khan, a senior police officer said.

Sadaf Naeem, 36, a television journalist with Channel 5 in Lahore, died on Sunday after she slipped from the container truck that Mr Khan was traveling in, said Salman Zafar, assistant superintendent in Kamuke, one of the towns on the march’s path.

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