Connect with us

Latest News

Amnesty International ‘alarmed’ over journalist Imran Riaz’s arrest

Published

on

  • Amnesty urges authorities to stop punishing dissenting voices.
  • Imran Riaz was arrested yesterday night in Attock.
  • Amnesty says journalism should not be treated as crime. 

Amnesty International said it is “alarmed” by the news circulating about the arrest of journalist and anchorperson Imran Riaz in Pakistan a day prior. 

Urging the authorities to “stop punishing dissenting voices”, Amnesty said in a tweet that it has been a “worrying trend in Pakistan for many years”.

“Amnesty International is alarmed by news of journalist Imran Riaz Khan’s arrest and urges authorities to stop punishing dissenting voices, as has been a worrying trend in Pakistan for many years,” wrote Amnesty. 

Attock police arrested journalist and anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan in Attock on Tuesday. 

Dawn.com, quoting the journalist’s counsel, reported that 17 treason cases have been registered against Imran across Punjab, while he was also filing a contempt of court case against the police.

The human rights watchdog said that “journalists have disappeared, faced politically motivated charges and even violently attacked for simply doing their job.”

It added that journalism should not be treated as a crime. 

Following Imran’s arrest, PTI leaders — including Chairman Imran Khan, Fawad Chaudhry, Asad Umar, Shahbaz Gill, and others — raised voices in support of the journalist and condemned the act. 

Continue Reading
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Business

E&P Companies Will Invest $5 Billion in Pakistan’s Petroleum Industry

Published

on

By

Over the next three years, local and foreign companies involved in Pakistan’s oil and gas exploration and production sector have shown a strong desire to invest more than $5 billion in the nation’s energy sector.

Recent changes to the Petroleum Policy and the implementation of an exclusive tight gas policy, which provide better incentives and a more investor-friendly regulatory framework, are credited with the increase in investor confidence.

These strategic changes are expected to boost domestic energy production, open up new avenues for growth, and draw large amounts of both domestic and foreign investment.

Continue Reading

Latest News

PTI Encouraged Chaos and Sabotage: Rana Tanveer

Published

on

By

According to Rana Tanveer Hussain, the federal minister for food security, PTI encouraged violence, disorder, vandalism, and derogatory language in the nation’s politics.

The Minister told the reporters at Muridke that the founder PTI’s anti-nationalism and sabotage tactics are clear.

After Eid, he claimed, there won’t be any opposition movement since their leaders are still considering

According to the Minister, PTI is a tale of the past with a bleak future.

Additionally, he stated that the PTI has a history of flinging insults on one side and pleading on the other.

Rana Tanveer Hussain stated that the courts, not Trump, ought to determine what the PTI founder done to the nation.

Farmers would profit from the deregulation of commodity prices, especially those of wheat, according to the minister.

Continue Reading

Latest News

DPM Restates Abundant Support for the Palestinian Cause

Published

on

By

Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar, the country’s foreign minister and deputy prime minister, has reiterated Pakistan’s steadfast support for the Palestinian cause.

He made the statement while meeting with his Palestinian counterpart, Dr. Mohammed Mustafa, on the fringes of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Extraordinary Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Ishaq Dar reaffirmed Pakistan’s support for the creation of a viable, contiguous Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, based on pre-1967 lines.

Continue Reading

Trending