{"id":8748,"date":"2020-03-28T12:55:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T07:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pakistanpressfoundation.org\/?p=98506"},"modified":"2020-03-28T12:55:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T07:55:48","slug":"ishtiaq-baig-expresses-concerns-over-extension-of-mir-shakils-remand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/ishtiaq-baig-expresses-concerns-over-extension-of-mir-shakils-remand\/","title":{"rendered":"Ishtiaq Baig expresses concerns over extension of Mir Shakil\u2019s remand"},"content":{"rendered":"
KARACHI: President PML-N Business Forum Mirza Ishtiaq Baig has expressed his concerns over extension of 14-day physical remand of Jang\/GEO Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman by Lahore Accountability Court.<\/p>\n
Baig said Islamabad High Court has ordered to release over 408 prisoners in the view of coronavirus, however, keeping Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman behind bars and extending his physical remand by the Accountability Court is contradiction, and putting Mir Shakil\u2019s life in danger.<\/p>\n
Ishtiaq demanded the government to immediately release chief of the largest media house in the country as a good will gesture. He said the nation currently fighting a war against coronavirus and economic challenges, and the issues could be resolved through cooperation and mutual understanding .<\/p>\n