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Treason charges on journalists

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FIR order against journalists unlawful

ISLAMABAD: The unanimous opinion of legal experts is that the additional sessions judge and the Justice of Peace Islamabad, who passed an order under section 22-A Cr.PC to register an FIR against journalists under the treason and terrorism acts, is unlawful and the JP didn’t fulfil the requirements of the law. The JP has transgressed his authority by passing an

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Treason charges not new for journalists in this region

LAHORE: At a juncture when a few Pakistani television channels are religiously airing the propaganda that a sedition case should be registered against the Jang Group/Geo Television for “maligning the country’s security institutions” in the backdrop of Hamid Mir’s case and for “toeing an anti-state agenda,” they perhaps need to be reminded that this won’t be the first time when