SC asked to stop media criticism of army
By Our Staff Reporter | From the Newspaper
(5 hours ago) Today
The petition was filed in the Supreme Court by a lawyer who briefly served as deputy attorney general.—File photo
ISLAMABAD: A lawyer who briefly served as deputy attorney general during the Musharraf government filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking an order restraining the media from criticising the armed forces, intelligence agencies and other security and defence institutions.
Advocate Sardar Muhammad Ghazi said the media should be restrained from levelling baseless and unverified allegations against these institutions so that their work did not suffer in any manner.
The petition, drafted by Advocate Raja Muhamamd Ibrahim Satti, also requested the court to lay down guidelines to protect institutions from mala fide and baseless allegations and criticism.
The respondents named in the petition are the federal government through the information ministry, Pemra, analyst and anchorperson Najam Sethi, Capital Talk`s host Hamid Mir, Geo TV Network, publisher/editor of Daily Express Tribune, Islamabad, and Ejaz Haider who recently wrote an open letter to ISI chief General Shuja Pasha.
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The petition, drafted by Advocate Raja Muhamamd Ibrahim Satti, also requested the court to lay down guidelines to protect institutions from mala fide and baseless allegations and criticism.
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And the court should also "lay down guidelines" for the 'holy cow' to protect the dignity of the country and the nation as such. Pakistan isn't a thin strip laying on the eastern side of the country. Court should also "lay down guidelines" so that radars are not switched off during nights. Court should also "lay down guidelines" for keeping an eye on their backyards so that foreigners don't stroll through them and destroy Orions. Court should also "lay down guidelines" for not killing a journalist who exposes the 'underbelly' of the holy cow!
Re: Ex Mushrra's AG asks SC to stop media criticism of army
And the court should also "lay down guidelines" for the 'holy cow' to protect the dignity of the country and the nation as such. Pakistan isn't a thin strip laying on the eastern side of the country. Court should also "lay down guidelines" so that radars are not switched off during nights. Court should also "lay down guidelines" for keeping an eye on their backyards so that foreigners don't stroll through them and destroy Orions. Court should also "lay down guidelines" for not killing a journalist who exposes the 'underbelly' of the holy cow!
To Armed forces,
My dear Armed forces:-
1.Stop doing corruption, which is in fact continuously increasing.
2.Do not kill, kidnap or threaten the journalists.
3.Recover the missing persons.
4.Do not interfere the Govt affairs.
5.Do not see the dreams of ruling the Pakistan like ex-dictators.
6.Do not hide the flaws of forces.
Then no body is going to drag you in media. In fact every body will respect you.