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

| @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)

 

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