Faizullah Khan

Journalist bodies ask Afghan govt to release Pakistani journalist

August 10, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Journalist bodies have demanded the Afghan government to immediately release Pakistani journalist Faizullah Khan, who had mistakenly crossed the Afghan border and was sentenced to four years prison sentence by the Afghan authorities. “It is amazing that Pakistan is accommodating 3.5 million illegal Afghan immigrants; however, a journalist who mistakenly crossed the border was sentenced to four years in

President confirms efforts for the release of Pakistani journalist

August 3, 2014

Karachi: President Mamnoon Hussain said today that all-out efforts are under way for early release of Pakistani journalist Faizullah Khan, who is imprisoned in Afghanistan. Talking to a journalists’ delegation, he said, if needed, he would personally talk to President Hamid Karzai for the release of Faizullah. The delegation informed the President that an Afghan court has sentenced Faizullah Khan

Pakistan asks Karzai to pardon jailed journalist before Eid

July 25, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday appealed to Afghan President Hamid Karzai to issue a pardon to a journalist facing a four-year jail term in Afghanistan for “contacting terrorists”. Faizullah Khan, a reporter with the Pakistani private TV channel, ARY News, was arrested in April by Afghan security forces in Nangarhar Province. He was sentenced earlier this month to four years in

Pakistani Journalist Gets Four-Year Jail Term for “Entering Afghanistan Illegally”

July 17, 2014

TV reporter was arrested in eastern Afghanistan after going to northwestern Pakistan to interview Taliban Reporters Without Borders and the Pakistani NGO Freedom Network condemn the four-year jail sentence that an Afghan court has imposed on Pakistani TV reporter Faizullah Khan for illegally crossing into Afghanistan while researching a story on the Taliban. Announced on 13 July, the sentence was

Kabul asked to release Pakistani journalist

July 17, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Mediapersons and politicians on Wednesday expressed their resolve to use all influence with the Afghan authorities to ensure the release of Pakistani journalists Faizullah Khan. Last week, the Karachi based reporter was convicted by a Jalalabad court to serve a four year jail on charges of spying as he entered the country without legal permission. Speaking at the protest

Court seeks access to conviction documents

July 16, 2014

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday ordered the standing counsel to submit all the relevant documents, including an appeal filed in a high court in Afghanistan, against the conviction of Pakistani journalist Faizullah Khan. Sania Faizullah, wife of the Karachi-based journalist, had filed an application with the court about her husband, who had gone missing from the tribal

Govt urged to get reporter freed

July 16, 2014

KARACHI: Journalists urged the government on Tuesday to use diplomatic channels to secure release of television reporter Faizullah Khan who has been jailed for four years by the Afghan authorities for having illegally crossed the border. During a protest held outside the Karachi Press Club, leaders of the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ-Dastoor) and office-bearers of the press club warned

Pakistani reporter sentenced to 4-year prison term in Afghanistan

July 15, 2014

New York: A Pakistani television journalist was convicted on charges of travelling to Afghanistan without travel documents and sentenced to four years in prison, Pakistani officials said on Sunday. He had initially been accused of spying by Afghan authorities, according to news reports. An Afghan court in eastern Nangarhar province convicted Faizullah Khan, a reporter for the Karachi-based privately owned

Afghan court jails Pakistani journalist

July 15, 2014

ISLAMABAD: A court in Afghanistan has sentenced a Pakistani TV journalist to four years in prison on charges of travelling to the neighbouring country without documents, Pakistani diplomatic sources said on Sunday. Faizullah Khan, a reporter for Karachi-based ARY News, was detained by Afghan authorities in eastern Nangarhar province in April this year. Some reports had earlier suggested Faizullah was

Journalist bodies ask Afghan govt to release Pakistani journalist

President confirms efforts for the release of Pakistani journalist

Pakistan asks Karzai to pardon jailed journalist before Eid

Pakistani Journalist Gets Four-Year Jail Term for “Entering Afghanistan Illegally”

Kabul asked to release Pakistani journalist

Court seeks access to conviction documents

Govt urged to get reporter freed

Pakistani reporter sentenced to 4-year prison term in Afghanistan

Afghan court jails Pakistani journalist

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