Senior journalist and reporter Matiullah Jan was arrested by Islamabad Police after information of a filing a case against him.
The arrest of the senior journalist was denounced by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an American non-governmental organisation (NGO).
But according to tweet from his official X account, “Matiullah Jan has been abducted from the parking of PIMS tonight at around 11 by unmarked abductors in an unmarked vehicle alongside Saqib Bashir (who was let go 5 minutes later)”. The tweet further says, “This follows his courageous coverage of the protests in Islamabad. I demand that my father be let go immediately and his family immediately be informed of his whereabouts”.
