March 28, 2024 23:06 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Actor Govinda returns to politics after 14 years of 'vanvas', joins Eknath Shinde camp | 'To browbeat and bully others is vintage Congress culture': PM posts after 600 lawyers write to CJI | Comments on our electoral, legal processes completely unacceptable: India on US' remarks over Kejriwal arrest | Delhi High Court rejects PIL seeking removal of Arvind Kejriwal as CM | MHA extends AFSPA in 3 districts of Arunachal Pradesh for 6 months
Pakistan: Journalist arrested in Karachi for criticising Army, later released Pakistan
Image Credit: Sameer Mandhro Twitter

Pakistan: Journalist arrested in Karachi for criticising Army, later released

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 12 Sep 2020, 08:28 pm

Karachi/IBNS: Pakistani authorities have arrested a journalist here for criticising the country's Army on Friday, media reports said.

Pakistani journalist Bilal Farooqi, who is a news editor of The Express Tribune, was taken into custody of the police for criticising the Army on social media.

Farooqi "was arrested by the station investigation officer of defence police from his residence in Karachi’s DHA area on Friday evening," Karachi police chief, Additional Inspector General Ghulam Nabi Memon told Dawn.

The journalist was released on a personal bond on Saturday, Karachi Press Club lawyer Ghulam Shabbir told Dawn. 

His release has also been confirmed by Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui.

"Hes (He has) been released and is being taken back to his residence by police," Siddiqui tweeted. (sic)

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.