Tashfeen Farooqi, Bilal Farooqi’s wife, earlier told the media that her husband was taken away by the police from right outside their home. The landlord then told me the police took him away,” Tashfeen said, adding that according to the landlord, Bilal was driven away by two policemen accompanied by two men in plainclothes. Alam, a former chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, was reportedly charged with using derogatory language against state institutions and personalities. Reacting to these two developments, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ) said in a statement the government wants to suppress the media. In July, Matiullah Jan, a journalist known for his criticism of the military establishment, was reportedly abducted from Islamabad in broad daylight.

Source: Hindustan Times September 12, 2020 07:18 UTC