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ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist Matiullah Jan was released in the late hours of Tuesday after a widespread outcry over his abduction by nearly half a dozen plainclothes and uniformed men from outside a government school in broad daylight in the federal capital.
The ‘forced abduction’, which was caught on CCTV cameras, not only enraged journalist community and rights organisations but also triggered serious security concerns among legal fraternity, political parties and diplomatic circles.
The journalist had already been in the limelight due to the contempt proceeding against him in the Supreme Court for his alleged ‘contemptuous’ tweet regarding Justice Isa case decision.
CCTV footage of the abduction shows that it was around 11.10am when men in uniform and plainclothes forcibly removed Mr Jan from his car and thrashed him in front of Government Girls School, situated in Islamabad’s sector G-6/1-3, where his spouse works as teacher. It can be seen in the footage, which later went viral on social media, that the journalist was being manhandled and dragged towards their vehicles when he threw his mobile phone into the school while a uniformed man immediately collected it from a woman at the school. The journalist was then whisked away to an undisclosed location.
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Explained: Who is Matiullah Jan, the Pakistani journalist who was abducted this week?
In 2018, Jan was removed from Waqt Television, where he worked as an anchor, reportedly due to pressure from security agencies. A year before, a brick was hurled at his car while he was driving near Islamabad.
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Jan, 51, has long been covering the country’s legal affairs, and was noticed for his spirited reporting of Supreme Court proceedings against Justice Faiz Isa– a fellow judge of the top court known for pronouncing strong judgments against Pakistan’s military establishment.
Justice Isa, who is slated to become Chief Justice of Pakistan in 2023, had been accused in a May 2019 reference by Pakistani President Arif Alvi of “concealing his properties in the United Kingdom allegedly held in the name of his wife and children”– charges that were seen by many as an attempt by the military of stopping Isa from reaching the top judicial office. The apex court quashed the case in June this year.
Last week, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of a tweet by Jan that was critical of the judiciary, and initiated contempt proceedings against him.
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