{"id":8596,"date":"2020-03-14T16:28:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T11:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pakistanpressfoundation.org\/?p=98325"},"modified":"2020-03-14T16:28:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T11:28:37","slug":"faisalabad-newsmen-slam-mir-shakils-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/faisalabad-newsmen-slam-mir-shakils-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Faisalabad newsmen slam Mir Shakil\u2019s arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"
FAISALABAD: Journalists of Faisalabad Friday strongly condemned the arrest of Jang\/Geo Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman.<\/p>\n
In their separate statements, office-bearers of the Faisalabad Press Club and different journalists\u2019 bodies termed the arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman as highly unjustifiable act. They said Mir Shakil was detained in a case filed 34 years ago and he had already given proof of the payment of government duty and taxes on the purchased property.<\/p>\n
FPC President Zafar Dogar, Secretary Ashfaq Hashimi, ex-president Maqbul Ahmed Lodhi, central additional secretary Jawaid Siddiqui, APNEC secretary Sardar Akhtar condemned the arrest of Mir Shakil.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, FPC secretary Ashfaq Hashimi announced a protest on Saturday (today) along with members of Faisalabad Union of Journalists and other working journalists against the arrest of the Editor-in-Chief of Jang\/Geo Group. They demanded immediate and unconditional release of Mir Shakil.<\/p>\n