ISLAMABAD — Pakistani safety brokers have arrested a senior Islamabad-based TV anchor recognized for his criticism of the authorities on prices of spreading false content material about state establishments on social media, his information channel and household stated Friday.
Khalid Jamil was taken into custody by the Federal Investigation Company late on Thursday, his ABN tv posted on X, previously referred to as Twitter.
Jamil’s household confirmed the arrest, saying he was detained in a late-night raid at his residence within the capital, Islamabad. {A photograph} of Jamil circulating on social media exhibits him holding up an indication together with his case quantity, apparently in police custody.
Later Friday, an Islamabad courtroom gave the inexperienced mild for the company to carry Jamil for questioning for 2 days.
The arrest has drawn condemnation from the nation’s journalists group. Pakistan has lengthy been an unsafe nation for reporters. In 2020, it ranked ninth on the Committee to Shield Journalists’ annual World Impunity Index, which assesses international locations the place journalists are recurrently harassed and killed and the assailants normally go free.
Lately, activists and journalists have more and more come underneath assault by the federal government and the safety institution, proscribing the house for criticism and dissent. The criticism of the navy may end up in threats, intimidation, sedition prices and in some circumstances, being arrested with no warning.
