SC seeks separate pleas in journalists’ harassment case ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the counsel for the Press Association of the Supreme Court (PAS) to file single petition for each case of alleged harassment of journalists and specify special redress of grievance, which would make easy for the court while giving relief, reported the Online.
Staff Report adds: The SC also sought details of the incidents of alleged harassment and torture of journalists in the next hearing from Advocate Ahmer Bilal Sufi, the counsel for the PAS. An SC bench comprising Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and Justice Falak Sher is conducting suo motu proceedings on an application filed by the PAS, requesting the SC to intervene in the incidents of journalists’ harassment. Sufi told the bench that journalists were being harassed not just in Karachi, but also other parts of the country, including Islamabad and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Referring to the murder of journalist Malik Ismail in a busy Islamabad area, Sufi said no headway had been made in the case even after a year. He said cases of journalists were being taken for granted and many of them had been dumped because of the laxity of the authorities. Sufi also mentioned the recent threats hurled at Islamabad-based journalist Shakil Turabi. He said an FIR was registered but the state authorities had made no progress so far. Turabi’s counsel Advocate Muhammad Ikram Chaudhry requested the court to become party to the journalists’ harassment case. The bench asked him to file a formal petition, which it said would be heard along with the suo motu case. Home | National |
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