May 18, 2013

Aaj TV’s offices evacuated due to bomb threat

May 18, 2013

The offices of Aaj TV channel across the country were evacuated after it received a bomb threat on Friday morning. The threat was made through a postal mail to television’s Islamabad bureau purportedly by Ghulam Mustafa who claimed that he and his associates had already abducted the son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. According to that letter, “Let

In Pakistan, cases filed against Baluch outlets, journalists

May 18, 2013

Pakistani authorities should dismiss separate complaints filed against newspapers and journalists in Baluchistan for publishing statements made by banned militant groups, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. BBC Urdu reported that police in the provincial capital of Quetta had filed a First Information Report, or complaint, on Wednesday against at least seven Baluch dailies and Pakistani journalists and publishers

Aaj TV’s offices evacuated due to bomb threat

In Pakistan, cases filed against Baluch outlets, journalists

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