Unidentified Armed Men Abduct Pakistani Journalist Matiullah Jan in Islamabad
Report picture of Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan. (Credit score: twitter)
Matiullah Jan was once forcibly snatched from his automobile in Sector G-6 space and brought in opposition to some unknown location, in step with a video circulating on social media.
- PTI Islamabad
- Remaining Up to date: July 21, 2020, 10:10 PM IST
A senior Pakistani journalist, recognized for his complaint of the rustic’s tough establishments, was once kidnapped through unknown individuals from Islamabad on Tuesday, his circle of relatives and a central authority minister showed.
Matiullah Jan was once forcibly snatched from his automobile in Sector G-6 space and brought in opposition to some unknown location, in step with a video circulating on social media.
“Matiullahjan, my father, has been kidnapped from the center of the capital [Islamabad]. I call for he be discovered and the businesses in the back of it right away be held accountable. God stay him protected, in step with a tweet from his account which was once it appears made through his son.
Jan’s spouse and brother informed the media that his automobile was once discovered parked out of doors a college with one in every of his cellphones inside of it.
Data Minister Shibli Faraz informed the media that he had sought main points of the incident from the inner ministry. It’s our accountability to offer protection to newshounds and we can attempt to know his whereabouts as early as conceivable, he stated.
A CCTV photos confirmed a number of armed males exiting no less than 3 cars and placing Jan in a car.
Police reached on the spot quickly after the incident and began a probe, leader of Aabpara Police Station, Shaukat Mehmood, stated.
Jan was once vital of the federal government, safety establishments and judiciary. The Perfect Court docket ultimate week took cognizance of one in every of his tweets and initiated lawsuits towards him.
The kidnapping was once extensively criticized through politicians, rights teams and social media customers.
The chairperson of the Senate Committee on Human Rights and Pakistan Folks’s Birthday party chief, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, tweeted that the Islamabad inspector common of police were summoned to temporary the committee in regards to the abduction.
The Human Rights Fee of Pakistan additionally demanded the federal government to take speedy steps to recuperate the journalist.
Editor of influential newspaper Crack of dawn, Zaffar Abbas, stated it was once “extraordinarily anxious” and “extremely condemnable”. He requested the media to focus on the kidnapping.
5 hashtags relating to Jan’s disappearance have been lately trending on Twitter in Pakistan.
