Court issues notice to SHO for not registering case against Mir Shakil, Amir Mir
According to sources, police has failed to register the case owing to the influential pressure.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Additional and session judge Jahangir Awan today (Monday) issued notice to SHO of Margalla police station for evading registration of first information report (FIR) against Geo/Jang Group owner Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman and journalist Hamid Mir’s brother Amir Mir.
On Saturday, additional session judge Jahangir Awan had ordered registration of cases against Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and Amir Mir over the petition filed by a citizen named Arshad Butt.
The petitioner had requested the court to try both for allegedly conspiring against national defence institutions.
Arshad Butt’s lawyer Raja Zahoor-ul-Hassad today said that non-registration of case despite judicial order is ‘contempt of court.’
Meanwhile, the court has directed the SHO of Margalla police station to submit reply by Tuesday.
Private TV channel Geo News landed itself into controversy on April 19 in its coverage following the attack on journalist Hamid Mir.
The attack was reported on every national TV channel including Dunya News within minutes of attack; however, Geo News distinguished itself in coverage by airing Hamid Mir’s brother Amir Mir’s allegations over DG of national institution.
Geo News allegedly took it to task to repeatedly malign and defame DG ISI by flashing his picture on the breaking news broadcast for at least eight hours.
The channel backtracked by terming the allegations as Hamid Mir’s brother’s own statement and not of the channel’s.
