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| ATC sends owner, producer of web channel on judicial remand to Adiala jail for airing anti-judiciary remarks |
| 2018-10-19 |
| [DAWN] An Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad on Thursday sent the owner and producer of a web channel on judicial remand to Adiala Jail in a case pertaining to running alleged anti-judiciary content on their channel. Hans Masroor, the owner of a web channel Naya Pakistain, and the producer of the channel Ahsan Saleem were both tossed in the clink Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! by Islamabad police and presented before the court. This decision was taken in reference to an FIR lodged against former senator Faisal Raza Abidi in the Secretariat cop shoppe, accusing him of using "highly insulting and inappropriate language" against the chief justice and the judiciary in an interview. This FIR also accuses him of "undermining the honour of the chief justice [and] inciting the public". The FIR, which was registered under Section 7 of the ATA and includes different sections of the Pakistain Penal Code, does not specify the programme it is referring to. |
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