TV journalist Imran Riaz Khan was once arrested by means of Pakistan’s Punjab police at the outskirts of the capital on Tuesday night time.
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A most sensible courtroom in Pakistan on Wednesday refused to interfere within the arrest of a outstanding TV journalist identified for publicly supporting former High Minister Imran Khan and a vocal critic of the Military and its management.
TV journalist Imran Riaz Khan was once arrested by means of the Punjab police at the outskirts of the capital on Tuesday night time. The arrest of the TV journalist comes weeks after a courtroom in Islamabad ordered police to not arrest him and a number of other different newshounds after lawsuits had been lodged accusing them of inciting hatred towards the army.
The journalist had moved the Islamabad Prime Court docket (IHC) towards his arrest. Then again, the IHC on Wednesday returned the petition over the jurisdiction factor by means of directing him to way the Lahore Prime Court docket (LHC).
Khan, the previous premier, took to Twitter to sentence the arrest.
Previous, journalist Khan was once moved to Attock town police station by means of the police. Police mentioned he was once arrested in a case registered towards the journalist on the town police station on June 25 for inciting violence.
The journalist is a vocal supporter of ousted premier Khan. He’s extraordinarily essential of the Military and its management within the wake of the no-confidence vote towards Khan.
Greater than a dozen FIRs had been registered towards him in quite a lot of towns for hate speech and preaching violence.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf reacted angrily to his arrest and birthday party chief Farrukh Habib mentioned it was once a contravention of unfastened speech.
“We condemn the arrest of Imran Riaz Khan. Proper to fluctuate can’t be suppressed thru pressure and the ones advising you (govt) to take action are your enemies no longer pals,” he tweeted.
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