Farhan Mallick, the CEO of the digital media platform Raftar, was granted bail in both cases registered against him. He was subsequently released from Malir jail. The Federal Investigations Agency (FIA) arrested Mallick on March 20 in Karachi. The first criminal complaint (First Information Report) against Mallick, dated March 20, was registered by the FIA […]

On March 27, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed the Secretary of Defence to submit a report on the recovery of two brothers of journalist Ahmad Noorani, who have been missing since March 19. A single-member bench of IHC comprising Justice Raja Inaam Ameen Minhas issued the direction during a hearing on a petition filed by Noorani’s […]

On March 28, an Islamabad district and sessions court granted post-arrest bail to journalist Waheed Murad, who was on a two-day physical remand under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016. The court approved the bail against surety bonds worth Rs20,000. The case was heard by Judicial Magistrate Abbas Shah. Murad had been taken into custody on charges of