Journalist Matiullah Jan released 12 hours after being abducted from Islamabad

[uberkoen]

Journalist Matiullah Jan missing from Islamabad

Senior journalist Matiullah Jan has reportedly gone missing from Islamabad, his wife confirmed.

She said that his car was parked outside a school in Sector G-6 of the capital with one of his mobile phones inside the vehicle.

Officials from the Aabpara Police Station have reached the area and are trying to acquire CCTV footage. SHO Shaukat Mehmood said that the journalist's wife has not yet filed an application to lodge a report on his disappearance.

Jan had tweeted a video of a journalist's interview earlier in the day. "This is for the attention of those who sit in the simulated air conditioned environment of rule of law in Pakistan and who think criticism on them is a bigger crime than the violation of the inviolable dignity of a human being," he wrote on Twitter at 11:05AM this morning.

He was due to appear in the Supreme Court this week after it took suo motu notice of an alleged contemptuous tweet by the journalist.

As the news drew attention of journalists and international rights bodies, a tweet was posted on Matiullah Jan's account at 3:17 PM — purportedly by his son — which read: "Matiullahjan, my father, has been abducted from the heart of the capital [Islamabad]. I demand he be foundُ and the agencies behind it immediately be held responsible. God keep him safe."

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan demanded that the government "immediately ensure the safe recovery" of the journalist.

Amnesty International South Asia also called for authorities to "establish [Jan's] whereabouts immediately".

In a tweet, the international human rights organisation said it was "extremely concerned for the fate and wellbeing" of the journalist, who it said has been the subject of "physical attacks and harassment for his journalism".

Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1570325/journalist-matiullah-jan-missing-from-islamabad

 

[uberkoen]

..and so it continues. Not only this but I'm sure people have also been noticing the increase in censorship and banning of apps coming from PTA. We're starting to become like China.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Video of Matiullah Jan being forcefully picked up today. <a href="https://t.co/NmPCxuRXTZ">pic.twitter.com/NmPCxuRXTZ</a></p>— Gharidah Farooqi (@GFarooqi) <a href="https://twitter.com/GFarooqi/status/1285524014769885184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another angle video of senior journalist Matiullah Jan being forcefully picked up today. These two videos (one in my previous tweet) are self explanatory and extremely worrisome for the state of media freedom. What message &image will be conveyed at the international community. <a href="https://t.co/snU5xdGgRl">pic.twitter.com/snU5xdGgRl</a></p>— Gharidah Farooqi (@GFarooqi) <a href="https://twitter.com/GFarooqi/status/1285525295978684416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Bewal Express]

Good, was trying to put pressure on the Judiciary on behalf of his paymasters in the ISA case. I hope they deal with him and all the crooked mafia. Enough is enough.

 

[Bewal Express]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Video of Matiullah Jan being forcefully picked up today. <a href="https://t.co/NmPCxuRXTZ">pic.twitter.com/NmPCxuRXTZ</a></p>— Gharidah Farooqi (@GFarooqi) <a href="https://twitter.com/GFarooqi/status/1285524014769885184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another angle video of senior journalist Matiullah Jan being forcefully picked up today. These two videos (one in my previous tweet) are self explanatory and extremely worrisome for the state of media freedom. What message &image will be conveyed at the international community. <a href="https://t.co/snU5xdGgRl">pic.twitter.com/snU5xdGgRl</a></p>— Gharidah Farooqi (@GFarooqi) <a href="https://twitter.com/GFarooqi/status/1285525295978684416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

As far as the freedom of the press is concerned maybe this crooked women can tell us why the journalist who reported on rent a crowd in Sindh was killed.

 

[uberkoen]

Good, the **** was trying to put pressure on the Judiciary on behalf of his paymasters in the ISA case. I hope they deal with him and all the crooked mafia. Enough is enough.

Pathetic post. Absolutely pathetic and downright awful. I expected much better from someone like you.

People like you deserve a country like China where they have no freedom whatsoever.

 

[Pakpak]

He will come out of hiding in a few days claiming to have defeated ISI agents single handedly.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

Good, the **** was trying to put pressure on the Judiciary on behalf of his paymasters in the ISA case. I hope they deal with him and all the crooked mafia. Enough is enough.

Imran Khan said he would resign if forced disappearance happened under his tenure. You don't fight oppression by becoming the oppressor.

 

[uberkoen]

Imran Khan said he would resign if forced disappearance happened under his tenure. You don't fight oppression by becoming the oppressor.

This is not something new. This has been happening under his regime for the longest time.

 

[Syed1]

He was abusing the SC judges for the Qazi Faiz Isa judgement on his twitter and was facing a contempt of court proceedings with possible jail term. This seems like fake "kidnapping" to get sympathy and not have the case move forward.

 

[Syed1]

Imran Khan said he would resign if forced disappearance happened under his tenure. You don't fight oppression by becoming the oppressor.

Don't see a problem with oppression of lifafa journalists. Long may it continue. I hope Najam Sethi and Hamid Mir are next. Inshallah.

 

[uberkoen]

He was abusing the SC judges for the Qazi Faiz Isa judgement on his twitter and was facing a contempt of court proceedings with possible jail term. This seems like fake "kidnapping" to get sympathy and not have the case move forward.

So just because you voice your opinion on twitter it gives IK and his cronies the right to kidnap someone? How would you react if Nawaz had done this? Please stop with your double standards and understand that we are a democratic country and people have the right to their opinion without being threatened by agencies.

This is why we are one of the worst countries when it comes to freedom of the media.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

Don't see a problem with oppression of lifafa journalists. Long may it continue. I hope Najam Sethi and Hamid Mir are next. Inshallah.

No, I voted for Imran because he promised change, we already have criminals who silence their critics in the Nawazs', Zardaris', and generals.

 

[Bewal Express]

Pathetic post. Absolutely pathetic and downright awful. I expected much better from someone like you.

People like you deserve a country like China where they have no freedom whatsoever.

If freedom means rules by the mafia and the front men, then hell with that freedom. The guy literally accused the SC of being cowards for asking for a money trail from a SC judge. Why is that cowardly? Are the SC judges above the law, I hope this mafia **** is dealt with appropriately. The mafia are running rings around the Justice system to protect crooks like ISA and the LHC. I hope they give a proper beating, being a member of the mafia shouldn't be without cost.

 

[Bewal Express]

So just because you voice your opinion on twitter it gives IK and his cronies the right to kidnap someone? How would you react if Nawaz had done this? Please stop with your double standards and understand that we are a democratic country and people have the right to their opinion without being threatened by agencies.

This is why we are one of the worst countries when it comes to freedom of the media.

Didn't Maryam claim that party workers were kidnapped after the bye election in 2017? BTW I haven't heard any complaints from you on the killing of the journalist in Sindh, is that pathetic, truly pathetic.

 

[Bewal Express]

This is not something new. This has been happening under his regime for the longest time.

No it hasn't. You are talking rubbish as usual. Geo and the media are literally owned by the mafia and who is in jail. Care to name names. Instead Hamid Mir has advocated the overthrowing of the govt has a TV programme.

 

[uberkoen]

If freedom means rules by the mafia and the front men, then hell with that freedom. The guy literally accused the SC of being cowards for asking for a money trail from a SC judge. Why is that cowardly? Are the SC judges above the law, I hope this mafia **** is dealt with appropriately. The mafia are running rings around the Justice system to protect crooks like ISA and the LHC. I hope they give a proper beating, being a member of the mafia shouldn't be without cost.

Accused them where? On twitter? Someone posts something on twitter and he gets kidnapped for that? How stupid is that. Fragile ego's of our so-called leading party.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

If freedom means rules by the mafia and the front men, then hell with that freedom. The guy literally accused the SC of being cowards for asking for a money trail from a SC judge. Why is that cowardly? Are the SC judges above the law, I hope this mafia **** is dealt with appropriately. The mafia are running rings around the Justice system to protect crooks like ISA and the LHC. I hope they give a proper beating, being a member of the mafia shouldn't be without cost.

And the SC had taken a Suo Moto notice. There is absolutely no justification for these acts, no matter how you spin it.

 

[Syed1]

Didn't Maryam claim that party workers were kidnapped after the bye election in 2017? BTW I haven't heard any complaints from you on the killing of the journalist in Sindh, is that pathetic, truly pathetic.

It's ok for Billoo to kill journalists just because they exposed that poor people were paid 200 ruppees to attend Billoo's jalsas.


Didn't see these people barking then. I guess it is halal for Billoo to kill journalists or Nawaz's motorcade to run over 13 year olds.

Baqwas karwalo insay bus.


I hope this Maituallah filth is 'software updated'.

 

[uberkoen]

No it hasn't. You are talking rubbish as usual. Geo and the media are literally owned by the mafia and who is in jail. Care to name names. Instead Hamid Mir has advocated the overthrowing of the govt has a TV programme.

https://rsf.org/en/news/two-pakistani-shia-journalists-abducted-two-days-apart-karachi

This is rubbish? Man, go and google you will find out how normal this is for our agencies which are given the green light to do this freely due to the party in power.

 

[uberkoen]

Didn't Maryam claim that party workers were kidnapped after the bye election in 2017? BTW I haven't heard any complaints from you on the killing of the journalist in Sindh, is that pathetic, truly pathetic.

Obviously it is. Just as this. Not sure what your point is.

 

[uberkoen]

No it hasn't. You are talking rubbish as usual. Geo and the media are literally owned by the mafia and who is in jail. Care to name names. Instead Hamid Mir has advocated the overthrowing of the govt has a TV programme.

Also look at what happened with Zeenat Shahzadi and with Salman Haider, Ahmad Waqass Goraya, Aasim Saeed, and Ahmad Raza Naseer.

 

[uberkoen]

It's ok for Billoo to kill journalists just because they exposed that poor people were paid 200 ruppees to attend Billoo's jalsas.


Didn't see these people barking then. I guess it is halal for Billoo to kill journalists or Nawaz's motorcade to run over 13 year olds.

Baqwas karwalo insay bus.


I hope this Maituallah filth is 'software updated'.

Man I don't get your point. Every time something comes up you say it's okay to do this because PPP and PML-N did the same. How is that a defense? How does that make any sense whatsoever?

 

[Syed1]

Man I don't get your point. Every time something comes up you say it's okay to do this because PPP and PML-N did the same. How is that a defense? How does that make any sense whatsoever?

The defense is to show you the mirror of hypocrisy. If you stay mum at worse offenses committed by PPP/PML-N but bark like a rabid dog when a tiny matter happens during PTI government you blame not only the whole government but also directly Imran Khan.


I show you your munafiqat and filthy character. Don't mind, just reminding you of your auqaat.

 

[uberkoen]

The defense is to show you the mirror of hypocrisy. If you stay mum at worse offenses committed by PPP/PML-N but bark like a rabid dog when a tiny matter happens during PTI government you blame not only the whole government but also directly Imran Khan.


I show you your munafiqat and filthy character. Don't mind, just reminding you of your auqaat.

Didn't you stay mum at the time as well? I've searched through the post history and don't see you starting threads about the topics you blame me for being hypocritical about. Where's your thread on the death of these journalists you speak of?

The fact if every single time your defence for IK and his party is "PMLN did this! PPP did this!" All this goes to show is that all 3 are the same. So, thank you for proving my point that there is no difference in all these idiots.

 

[uberkoen]

Gents, stop defending the wrongdoings of any party by saying someone else also did this. Acknowledge the wrong doings of everyone. Previously PML-N used similar tactics to silence journalists and now IK is doing this as well. It was wrong then and it is wrong now.

It's not about your ego's. It's about calling a spade a spade.

 

[Syed1]

Didn't you stay mum at the time as well? I've searched through the post history and don't see you starting threads about the topics you blame me for being hypocritical about. Where's your thread on the death of these journalists you speak of?

The fact if every single time your defence for IK and his party is "PMLN did this! PPP did this!" All this goes to show is that all 3 are the same. So, thank you for proving my point that there is no difference in all these idiots.

Hahaha.... so I didn't open a thread but posted in the threads so I stayed mum?


So as per you killing a journalist, or running over a 13 year old is equivalent to arresting a journalist (allegedly).



Ikhees toppon ki salami for your logic.

 

[uberkoen]

Hahaha.... so I didn't open a thread but posted in the threads so I stayed mum?


So as per you killing a journalist, or running over a 13 year old is equivalent to arresting a journalist (allegedly).



Ikhees toppon ki salami for your logic.

This is not arresting. It's kidnapping. It's not equivalent. As mentioned in my earlier post, that was wrong and this is also wrong. Be man enough to admit the wrongs of IK and his party. Why is it so difficult for the likes of you to accept this?

 

[uberkoen]

Hahaha.... so I didn't open a thread but posted in the threads so I stayed mum?


So as per you killing a journalist, or running over a 13 year old is equivalent to arresting a journalist (allegedly).



Ikhees toppon ki salami for your logic.

Also, when we talk about killing journalists we all know what happened with Sajid Hussain

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

Hahaha.... so I didn't open a thread but posted in the threads so I stayed mum?


So as per you killing a journalist, or running over a 13 year old is equivalent to arresting a journalist (allegedly).



Ikhees toppon ki salami for your logic.

Let's not confuse arresting with forceful rendition.

 

[uberkoen]

Let's not confuse arresting with forceful rendition.

He's not confusing it. He's denying it on purpose. I refuse to believe this guy is as stupid as he portrays himself to be. However, making illogical posts like allows him to shift the conversation

 

[Syed1]

I still think this might be staged, because he had a SC hearing tomorrow for contempt of court proceedings facing a jail term.

 

[Syed1]

He's not confusing it. He's denying it on purpose. I refuse to believe this guy is as stupid as he portrays himself to be. However, making illogical posts like allows him to shift the conversation

Just like you denied Nawaz's motorcade running over a 13 year old and failed to say anything against it.

 

[saeedhk]

It is awful! This shows to whom this country belongs to! How come Khadim Rizvi, Mullah Burqa, other extremist preachers are not abducted but rather given protocols by state authorities!

Every other day, there are dozens of videos uploaded to social media calling for the killings of minorities in Pakistani but the state does not bat an eye!

I hope the state was this efficient when it came to taking on extremists!

 

[uberkoen]

Just like you denied Nawaz's motorcade running over a 13 year old and failed to say anything against it.

Please show me where I denied this? You've now resorted to lies to defend IK?

Also, is your logic that because Nawaz's motorcade ran over a 13 year old that gives this government the right to kidnap journalists? Not sure what the two incidents have to do with each other

 

[Bewal Express]

https://rsf.org/en/news/two-pakistani-shia-journalists-abducted-two-days-apart-karachi

This is rubbish? Man, go and google you will find out how normal this is for our agencies which are given the green light to do this freely due to the party in power.

Yes, do you remember the guys that were missing in Balochistan and ended up attacking the army.

 

[Bewal Express]

This is not arresting. It's kidnapping. It's not equivalent. As mentioned in my earlier post, that was wrong and this is also wrong. Be man enough to admit the wrongs of IK and his party. Why is it so difficult for the likes of you to accept this?

Let's wait before judge. Remember the kidnapping of Noora workers and then it turned that it was complete rubbish and a complaint to the police wasn't made. BTW I am still waiting for you and the "Democrats" to commrnt on the murder of the journalist in Sindh.

 

[Bewal Express]

I still think this might be staged, because he had a SC hearing tomorrow for contempt of court proceedings facing a jail term.

These crooks are dramabaazi.

 

[Bewal Express]

This is not arresting. It's kidnapping. It's not equivalent. As mentioned in my earlier post, that was wrong and this is also wrong. Be man enough to admit the wrongs of IK and his party. Why is it so difficult for the likes of you to accept this?

Can you give us a link to your condemnation of the murder of the innocent child.

 

[Sirris]

Very bad.

 

[Syed1]

Why did he throw his phone in the school? What was in his phone?

If someone was trying to arrest/kidnap me my last instinct would be throw away my phone. Heck instead my phone would have been my greatest tool to let people know of my predicament.


Very suspicious behaviour.

 

[Bewal Express]

Very bad.

Let's wait and see.

 

[Abdullah719]

Also, when we talk about killing journalists we all know what happened with Sajid Hussain

Preliminary investigation into death of Pakistani journalist in Sweden closed

The Swedish prosecution authority has closed a preliminary murder investigation opened when the body of a missing Pakistani journalist was found in Uppsala in April, saying they no longer suspect a crime has taken place.

The body of Sajid Hussain, 39, was found in the Fyris river just north of the city where he had been working and studying.

The Swedish Prosecution Authority has now closed its preliminary investigation, explaining that there is no longer cause to continue with it.

https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=7515620

 

[last_knight]

Blaming someone without providing evidences is now supposedly equivalent to Freedom of Speech

 

[Abdullah719]

Meanwhile, Information Minister Shibli Faraz has said that it was the government’s responsibility to safely recover the “abducted” journalist.

Addressing a news conference following the meeting of federal cabinet in Islamabad, Faraz said that he did not have complete details about the incident but assured the media that the government will make all out efforts to know Matiullah Jan’s whereabouts at the earliest.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/225600...tiullah-jan-allegedly-abducted-from-islamabad

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just informed about <a href="https://twitter.com/Matiullahjan919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Matiullahjan919</a> kidnapping. Have taken note and spoken to the IG Islamabad who informed me they are looking into it. Very disturbing.</p>— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShireenMazari1/status/1285552098600460288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unacceptable abduction of <a href="https://twitter.com/Matiullahjan919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Matiullahjan919</a> from Islamabad today, have spoken with IG <a href="https://twitter.com/ICT_Police?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ICT_Police</a> and instructed for immidiate action for retrieval and registration of FIR.</p>— Mirza Shahzad Akbar (@ShazadAkbar) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShazadAkbar/status/1285567212644962304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">مطیع اللہ جان کا اغواہء پریشان کن اور افسوسناک ہے، مجھے امید ہے اسلام آباد پولیس اور سیکیورٹی ایجنسیز <a href="https://twitter.com/Matiullahjan919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Matiullahjan919</a> کی بازیابی کیلئے ہر ممکن اقدامات اٹھائیں گی۔۔۔۔</p>— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) <a href="https://twitter.com/fawadchaudhry/status/1285563619397128192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Greenstorm]

Seems like work of FIA or IB. They need to get more professional, only amateurs do it in front of CCTV cameras. Btw throwing away of mobile phone was a very suspicious move by Jan.

Matiullah is ex army officer so possibility of this being staged cannot be ruled out either.

 

[Sirris]

Let's wait and see.

I don't really have in depth knowledge of the context, however I want to live in a society where people aren't just abducted in broad day light for expressing their opinion.

If this journalist was spreading misinformation and spreading mischievous propaganda then there should a proper institution in place through which they can be held accountable for their words and action.

A lack of such an institution in no way justifies extra-judicial actions against individuals, else who would prevent an average citizen from making use of the same?

How can the average citizen be told to not take the law in their own hands, when those yielding some power do the same?

 

[Third Man]

If freedom means rules by the mafia and the front men, then hell with that freedom. The guy literally accused the SC of being cowards for asking for a money trail from a SC judge. Why is that cowardly? Are the SC judges above the law, I hope this mafia **** is dealt with appropriately. The mafia are running rings around the Justice system to protect crooks like ISA and the LHC. I hope they give a proper beating, being a member of the mafia shouldn't be without cost.

What a ridiculous and view. Justice sahb ke shan mai gustakhi hui hai. Are the judges of this country that fragile?

 

[Syed1]

While I think this might be staged in light of how Jan has to appear tomorrow for a SC hearing and how suspicious his behaviour was with voluntarily stopping his car and throwing his phone in the school, if he is indeed abducted by agencies for whatever reason then proper procedure should have been followed and official arrest warrant issued.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CPJ is extremely alarmed by reports that journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/Matiullahjan919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Matiullahjan919</a> has been kidnapped in Islamabad. We urge Pakistani authorities to ensure his safe return. <a href="https://t.co/tUEKIBVQs1">https://t.co/tUEKIBVQs1</a></p>— CPJ Asia (@CPJAsia) <a href="https://twitter.com/CPJAsia/status/1285576686537445376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Bigboii]

I don't really have in depth knowledge of the context, however I want to live in a society where people aren't just abducted in broad day light for expressing their opinion.

If this journalist was spreading misinformation and spreading mischievous propaganda then there should a proper institution in place through which they can be held accountable for their words and action.

A lack of such an institution in no way justifies extra-judicial actions against individuals, else who would prevent an average citizen from making use of the same?

How can the average citizen be told to not take the law in their own hands, when those yielding some power do the same?

You really think we will know if ISI did it or not
I don't think they'll come out and say hey we did it
and they wouldn't be open to investigations either so there's no way to know who did
This will remain controversial blame will be on agencies cause they're always doing these things with journalists

 

[Syed1]

Meanwhile, Information Minister Shibli Faraz has said that it was the government’s responsibility to safely recover the “abducted” journalist.

Addressing a news conference following the meeting of federal cabinet in Islamabad, Faraz said that he did not have complete details about the incident but assured the media that the government will make all out efforts to know Matiullah Jan’s whereabouts at the earliest.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/225600...tiullah-jan-allegedly-abducted-from-islamabad

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just informed about <a href="https://twitter.com/Matiullahjan919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Matiullahjan919</a> kidnapping. Have taken note and spoken to the IG Islamabad who informed me they are looking into it. Very disturbing.</p>— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShireenMazari1/status/1285552098600460288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unacceptable abduction of <a href="https://twitter.com/Matiullahjan919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Matiullahjan919</a> from Islamabad today, have spoken with IG <a href="https://twitter.com/ICT_Police?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ICT_Police</a> and instructed for immidiate action for retrieval and registration of FIR.</p>— Mirza Shahzad Akbar (@ShazadAkbar) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShazadAkbar/status/1285567212644962304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">مطیع اللہ جان کا اغواہء پریشان کن اور افسوسناک ہے، مجھے امید ہے اسلام آباد پولیس اور سیکیورٹی ایجنسیز <a href="https://twitter.com/Matiullahjan919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Matiullahjan919</a> کی بازیابی کیلئے ہر ممکن اقدامات اٹھائیں گی۔۔۔۔</p>— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) <a href="https://twitter.com/fawadchaudhry/status/1285563619397128192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Shazad Akbar is the minister of state for interior. Funny how OP and some posters here were quick to blame IK.

 

[Sirris]

You really think we will know if ISI did it or not
I don't think they'll come out and say hey we did it
and they wouldn't be open to investigations either so there's no way to know who did
This will remain controversial blame will be on agencies cause they're always doing these things with journalists

I did not blame any particular group and this could be staged.

I rather prefer to criticize the act and the principle of extra-judicial verdicts handed out by those with more power than the average citizen and it being accepted and justified by the public.

 

[Bigboii]

Almost every journalist had a torture story (done by agencies) in this series and these are just two examples can post tons of more interviews where journalists are describing torture and kidnappings that they had to face by the "agencies"

 

[The Viper]

Islamabad High Court Chief Justice takes notice of Matiullah Jan kidnapping - directs authorities to recover him and present him in the court on July 22

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Glad to receive my friend <a href="https://twitter.com/Matiullahjan919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Matiullahjan919</a> - welcome. He has been released after 12 hours abduction. <a href="https://t.co/nIIjwoIDZq">pic.twitter.com/nIIjwoIDZq</a></p>— Azaz Syed (@AzazSyed) <a href="https://twitter.com/AzazSyed/status/1285644403160358912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Abdullah719]

Journalist Matiullah Jan released 12 hours after being abducted from Islamabad

Senior journalist Matiullah Jan returned home late on Tuesday night, nearly 12 hours after he was abducted from Islamabad's Sector G-6 in broad daylight, family sources said.

They added that Jan was released by unidentified persons in a deserted area in Fateh Jang, near the capital. He is sound and was not tortured during the period of his abduction, the sources said.

Speaking to Dawn.com earlier in the day, Jan’s wife had said that his car was found parked outside a school in Sector G-6 of the capital with one of his mobile phones inside the vehicle.

Jan, a freelancer who has worked for numerous local and foreign media outlets, was due to appear in the Supreme Court this week after it took suo motu notice of an alleged contemptuous tweet by the journalist.

“There were more than five people — some in civilian clothes, others in black uniforms — who forcibly picked up my husband,” Kaneez Sughra told AFP in a phone interview.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1570325/j...-12-hours-after-being-abducted-from-islamabad

 

[King-Misbah]

It is awful! This shows to whom this country belongs to! How come Khadim Rizvi, Mullah Burqa, other extremist preachers are not abducted but rather given protocols by state authorities!

Every other day, there are dozens of videos uploaded to social media calling for the killings of minorities in Pakistani but the state does not bat an eye!

I hope the state was this efficient when it came to taking on extremists!

I think you should focus on Hong Kong. No grief or issues when innoncent people were killed in Model Town. Actually, many supported the govt of the time.

 

[Bewal Express]

What a ridiculous and view. Justice sahb ke shan mai gustakhi hui hai. Are the judges of this country that fragile?

The judges actually gave a fair verdict but this loser attacked a fair verdict as he is a mafia employee. What is wrong with the SC asking one of their own to provide a money trail for properties worth millions. He accused them of being cowards for asking for a money trail. The whole thing is fishy and like with Gul Bhukaris disappearance and Maryams team disappearing after the bye election in 2017, this is dramabaazi.

 

[Bewal Express]

Journalist Matiullah Jan released 12 hours after being abducted from Islamabad

Senior journalist Matiullah Jan returned home late on Tuesday night, nearly 12 hours after he was abducted from Islamabad's Sector G-6 in broad daylight, family sources said.

They added that Jan was released by unidentified persons in a deserted area in Fateh Jang, near the capital. He is sound and was not tortured during the period of his abduction, the sources said.

Speaking to Dawn.com earlier in the day, Jan’s wife had said that his car was found parked outside a school in Sector G-6 of the capital with one of his mobile phones inside the vehicle.

Jan, a freelancer who has worked for numerous local and foreign media outlets, was due to appear in the Supreme Court this week after it took suo motu notice of an alleged contemptuous tweet by the journalist.

“There were more than five people — some in civilian clothes, others in black uniforms — who forcibly picked up my husband,” Kaneez Sughra told AFP in a phone interview.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1570325/j...-12-hours-after-being-abducted-from-islamabad

Just complete drama. The reason was dropped was that they couldnt trace his route.

 

[Bewal Express]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Glad to receive my friend <a href="https://twitter.com/Matiullahjan919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Matiullahjan919</a> - welcome. He has been released after 12 hours abduction. <a href="https://t.co/nIIjwoIDZq">pic.twitter.com/nIIjwoIDZq</a></p>— Azaz Syed (@AzazSyed) <a href="https://twitter.com/AzazSyed/status/1285644403160358912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So apparently the govt agencies abducted him for 12 hours and for that they get abused by the mafia media and they just release him. I hope the ISI get to the bottom of this nonsense.

 

[DRsohail]

whatever the truth govt should come up wth that.

 

[Giannis]

Fake news lol.

 

[IMMY69]

Dear oh dear

 

[Pakpak]

Like I said he will reappear soon after a drama baazi.

 

[Giannis]

He pulled a Jussie Smollet lol

 

[saeedhk]

I think you should focus on Hong Kong. No grief or issues when innoncent people were killed in Model Town. Actually, many supported the govt of the time.

Why should I focus on Hong Kong? Does Pakistan belong to you? Everybody has the right to express their opinion.

 

[Mamoon]

His crime was asking General Asim Bajwa for money trail of his Rs 1.5b assets.

It is not surprising to see him released after 12 hours. He was not kidnapped; he was picked up to have his “software updated”.

He will now proceed with caution, change his tune (or tone down significantly) or else he will face grave consequences.

 

[Bigboii]

His crime was asking General Asim Bajwa for money trail of his Rs 1.5b assets.

It is not surprising to see him released after 12 hours. He was not kidnapped; he was picked up to have his “software updated”.

He will now proceed with caution, change his tune (or tone down significantly) or else he will face grave consequences.

Get ready for a swarm of ultra-nationalists talking about how much of an idiot you are, army is the saviour and army generals are the only true Messiah of the country (after IK ofcourse)
Good luck buddy! for stating the obvious stuff

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

His crime was asking General Asim Bajwa for money trail of his Rs 1.5b assets.

It is not surprising to see him released after 12 hours. He was not kidnapped; he was picked up to have his “software updated”.

He will now proceed with caution, change his tune (or tone down significantly) or else he will face grave consequences.

Instead of asking for a money trail from Asim Bajwa, a better question he could ask is if the compensation that Pakistani generals receive is excessive. The answer is obviously yes, but what Bajwa got the other generals also get, multiple plots, agriculture land, etc. So there is no need to single one general out when they all are getting the same package.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

Get ready for a swarm of ultra-nationalists talking about how much of an idiot you are, army is the saviour and army generals are the only true Messiah of the country (after IK ofcourse)
Good luck buddy! for stating the obvious stuff

Everyone including boot polishers, know the Army generals are corrupt. At the end of the day the generals are a reflection of Pakistani society. They dont come from Switzerland, Mars, or Westeros. A country with a corrupt judiciary, corrupt politicians, corrupt bureaucrats, corrupt business men, will of course have a corrupt Army Officer Corp.

However keep in mind most Pakistani Army soldiers are poor when they join, and poor when they leave. They come from villages, and towns and they go back to these places when they retire. They are not getting 4 Kanal plots in posh areas. The jawans deserve respect.

 

[saeedhk]

His crime was asking General Asim Bajwa for money trail of his Rs 1.5b assets.

It is not surprising to see him released after 12 hours. He was not kidnapped; he was picked up to have his “software updated”.

He will now proceed with caution, change his tune (or tone down significantly) or else he will face grave consequences.

The hashtag about Bajwa and his money trail trended on Twitter. Also, Bajwa underdeclared the price of his Land Cruiser at Rs 33 lacs.

However, his Land Cruiser is actually priced at Rs 33 million in Pakistan’a auto market.

 

[Bigboii]

Everyone including boot polishers, know the Army generals are corrupt. At the end of the day the generals are a reflection of Pakistani society. They dont come from Switzerland, Mars, or Westeros. A country with a corrupt judiciary, corrupt politicians, corrupt bureaucrats, corrupt business men, will of course have a corrupt Army Officer Corp.

However keep in mind most Pakistani Army soldiers are poor when they join, and poor when they leave. They come from villages, and towns and they go back to these places when they retire. They are not getting 4 Kanal plots in posh areas. The jawans deserve respect.

No one hates the Jawaan instead they deserve every bit of love they get and plus some so you're right

But the problem with Generals is not corruption it's something that's part and parcel of the country but the problem is abuse of power and basically the fact that no law applies to them they can do anything but no one can touch them and this leads to a lot of wrongs in our society and lack of politcal stability (which kills any chance of real growth in our economy)

Indian millitary or even US military is imo more corrupt than Pak army but some laws apply to tham they don't run around and interfere in politics nor do they go around kidnapping people they don't like
Corruption is not the problem but constant abuse of power by the millitary

 

[Mamoon]

Instead of asking for a money trail from Asim Bajwa, a better question he could ask is if the compensation that Pakistani generals receive is excessive. The answer is obviously yes, but what Bajwa got the other generals also get, multiple plots, agriculture land, etc. So there is no need to single one general out when they all are getting the same package.

That is an irrelevant question in this context. We all know Pakistani generals enjoy excessive privileges and get to live like kings. However, that has nothing to do with Asim Bajwa under-declaring his assets and failing to provide a money trail.

Our media have every right to ask him to clarify his wealth and where it was sourced from, especially now that he has been made CPEC champion and his assets will only soar.

The problem is that our generals are above the law. You can ask politicians about their money trails and corruption but it is an unforgivable crime if you ask the generals.

As long as the corruption of the military elite is not given the same attention as the corruption of the politicians, this mismatch will remain.

Imran and his youth brigade do not have the courage to question the corruption of the military elite. If they do it, they will be sent packing the next day.

 

[MenInG]

A prominent Pakistani journalist has been released hours after he was picked up by unidentified armed men from a busy street in Islamabad.

Matiullah Jan is an outspoken critic of the military establishment.

A video purported to be of the kidnapping sparked an outcry on social media, with many pointing fingers at the Pakistani secret services.

It is widely seen as being behind the country's mounting "enforced disappearances".

Mr Jan was taken a day before he was to appear in the country's top court in a contempt case brought against him after he criticised the court's verdict in a case involving a top judge.

His family confirmed Mr Jan's return to BBC Urdu's Azam Khan, saying he was in high spirits.

"A caller from an unknown number rang me up to tell me come to Fatehjang [on the western outskirts of Islamabad] and take Matiullah home," his brother Shahid Abbasi, a lawyer, said.

Mr Abbasi said he had to walk some distance off the main road in Fatehjang area to meet his brother.

According to Mr Abbasi, Mr Jan told the family that during his captivity he was blindfolded and repeatedly driven from one place to another.

How was he kidnapped?
Mr Jan was picked up by around a dozen men in broad daylight outside a women's college on Tuesday.

He had just dropped off his wife, who works there, when he was surrounded by a number of vehicles, including some with police markings and one ambulance.

The event was recorded by the CCTV cameras installed in the college building, and the footage widely shared on social media, sparking anger.

Soon afterwards, Islamabad's High Court issued notices to top police and administration officials to appear in court on Wednesday, with or without Matiullah Jan, to explain his whereabouts.

Pressure was visible on the government when Federal Information Minister Shibli Faraz admitted at a news conference that according to information available at that time, Matiullah Jan had been "abducted" and it was the duty of the government to recover him.

Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari also described the event as "very disturbing" in a tweet, saying she had spoken to Islamabad's police chief.

The Pakistani media, which usually shies away from reporting such events, broke with tradition, and while there were some initial attempts to censor the story, most frontline TV channels ended up running it and discussing it in talk shows.

Senior lawyer Salman Akram Raja told Dawn News TV that "the era of the supremacy of anti-democratic forces may be headed towards an end because it has caused the country numerous reverses in spheres of politics and economy".

What is the court case about?
Mr Jan is to appear at the Supreme Court on Wednesday in connection with a contempt case.

An outspoken journalist, he has never shied away from courting controversies, often losing his jobs as a result.

He has worked for nearly all the major media houses of the country, but presently he runs his own channel on YouTube, called MJtv.

Covering legal affairs has long been his speciality, and he was one of the prominent voices that found gaps in a recent Supreme Court verdict against one of the court's judges, Justice Faiz Isa.

Justice Isa is known for some strong judgements indicting the military establishment for causing, or failing to prevent, some major incidents such as the 2016 Quetta hospital massacre or the 2017 Faizabad sit-in by a cleric that brought life in the federal capital to a standstill for several weeks.

Justice Isa, who is tipped to become the chief justice of the country in 2023, faces charges of failing to declare his family's assets in the UK and elsewhere.

The charges are seen by many as an attempt by the military to prevent him from reaching the top judicial office.

Matiullah Jan covered the issue on his YouTube channel, and also tweeted about it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53495426

 

[last_knight]

His crime was asking General Asim Bajwa for money trail of his Rs 1.5b assets.

It is not surprising to see him released after 12 hours. He was not kidnapped; he was picked up to have his “software updated”.

He will now proceed with caution, change his tune (or tone down significantly) or else he will face grave consequences.

How conveniently the journalist gave his Twitter Password to his son ) )

 

[corneredtiger85292]

Pathetic post. Absolutely pathetic and downright awful. I expected much better from someone like you.

People like you deserve a country like China where they have no freedom whatsoever.

China has no freedom lol...you watch too much western media mate. Common sense will tell you over a billion people in one country must have some freedom otherwise it would have collapsed by now. Sure they havent got democracy like the U.S for example but to say they have 'no freedom whatsoever' is pretty silly

 

[Bewal Express]

His crime was asking General Asim Bajwa for money trail of his Rs 1.5b assets.

It is not surprising to see him released after 12 hours. He was not kidnapped; he was picked up to have his “software updated”.

He will now proceed with caution, change his tune (or tone down significantly) or else he will face grave consequences.

So the dramabaazi wanted a money trail from Bajwa but attacked the SC for asking for a money trail from a crooked judge. Yes, for asking for a money trail. Then he got a visit from Isa, the judge he tried to protect. What the entire episode shows that Isa is the head of the Judicial mafia. This guy is just his *****.

 

[uberkoen]

China has no freedom lol...you watch too much western media mate. Common sense will tell you over a billion people in one country must have some freedom otherwise it would have collapsed by now. Sure they havent got democracy like the U.S for example but to say they have 'no freedom whatsoever' is pretty silly

Yes, you're right. I watch too much western media. The Uighurs are completely free. There is no censorship in China. There was no one child policy in China. There is no Christian persecution in China where Catholics are forced to join state-sanctioned churches and clergy who refuse are detained. There was no pressure and government control on Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy. Nothing happened in Tibet. Nothing is happening in Hong Kong.

Everything is just a figment of Western Media's imagination. China is a brilliant non-censoring religious tolerant free state!

 

[Greenstorm]

He was aspirant of the same plots and other privileges for which he is criticizing generals. His issue is that he was unceremoniously kicked out from army and from that day onwards he is busy settling scores.