SCBA – Pakistan Freedom of Expression Monitor http://pakistanfoemonitor.org News with beliefs, thoughts, ideas, and emotions Wed, 07 May 2014 11:33:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 216189435 Jang, Geo aren’t traitors: SCBA president http://pakistanfoemonitor.org/jang-geo-arent-traitors-scba-president/ http://pakistanfoemonitor.org/jang-geo-arent-traitors-scba-president/#respond Tue, 06 May 2014 10:37:21 +0000 http://pakistanfoemonitor.org/?p=3757 Continue reading "Jang, Geo aren’t traitors: SCBA president"

]]> KARACHI: President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Kamran Murtaza has said that neither Jang and Geo nor any person of its administration is a traitor. He said that the SCBA respected all the national institutions.Talking to The News, he said that the present situation was not in the interest of the country as it had created stir. He asked the government to play its role in ending this crisis in |the best interest of the country. Murtaza said that the ban on Jang and Geo was not acceptable in any way. He said that the relevant parties would have to end this tension immediately in greater national interest by realising their respective responsibilities.

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]]> KARACHI: The Supreme Court Bar Association has called a meeting on Saturday in the wake of the Defence Ministry’s application against Geo.

In a statement here, SCBA President Kamran Murtaza said any action against Geo would cause anarchy. He said the dispute should be resolved amicably as it was in the interest of Pakistan. He said the lawyers community was in favour of a free media. He said the Saturday’s meeting would devise a strategy in this regard.

Former SCBA president and Pakistan Bar Council member Yaseen Azad said the government had announced an investigation commission and Pemra should not take any action until the investigation was completed. He said if Geo was targeted, there would be tension between the government and media. He said any delay in the registration of an FIR on the murderous attempt on Hamid Mir could affect the case. He said had the reservations of Hamid Mir been put on record, the situation would have been different.

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