Ansar Burney said that several questions were being emerged through filing of case against Geo by the murderers of humanity and through hurriedly announced ruling of the court while the GB court had no jurisdiction to hear this case.

He said that the magistrate of Gilgit-Baltistan areas had also declared Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and others as proclaimed offenders in the same offence which had caused nothing but humiliation across the world.

He said that firstly the case could not be filed in anti-terrorism court and secondly the concerned court did not announce verdict against the petitioner and witness who were involved in killing of several people. He said that the so-called ruling of the court was contempt of justice.

Ansar Burney appealed to the prime minister to put an end to this ruling against chief of Jang Group and others by using his constitutional power. He asked the Gilgit-Baltistan government to purge their courts of such persons who are making courts a laughing stoke in the name of justice.

He said that the verdict of Gilgit-Baltistan court should be condemned which had become the cause of defamation of the nation and country across the world. He also demanded that investigation into this act should be carried out.

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A large number of people from all walks of life, journalist organisations, civil society and Geo employees participated in the convention.

Addressing on the occasion, renowned social worker, Ansar Burney, termed the banning of Geo a conspiracy which would eventually fail. “What I am today is because of Jang and Geo network,” he said. In case of any attempt to suppress the freedom of expression and snatching of jobs of journalists, we would not hold back from laying down our lives, he added.

Shahrukh Hassan of the Jang Group remarked that some elements were more powerful than the government and the judiciary, adding that it was a struggle to save the nation from such elements. These elements want to take Pakistan back to the old days and to keep it where it has been in the last 60 years, he said, adding that all journalists and workers wanted peace in the country.

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