Police register cases against journalists in Jhang, Sheikhupura

Police register cases against journalists in Jhang, Sheikhupura
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Summary Journalist organizations have strongly condemned the cases .

JHANG / SHEIKHUPURA (Dunya News) – Cases were registered on Tuesday against Dunya News reporters for covering stories regarding doctor negligence and robbery incident.

The first case was registered in Sheikhupura against 18 journalists including a Dunya News representative over reporting the death of a boy due to the negligence of doctor in district headquarter hospital.



The second was filed in Jhang for airing the CCTV footage of a robbery incident.

Kotwali police station Senior House Officer (SHO) registered the case against three journalists including Dunya reporter Liaquat Ali Shaam.



A plea was submitted to Inspector General (IG) Punjab and RPO Faisalabad but no hearing was conducted.

Journalist organizations have strongly condemned the cases against the reporters as a punishment of performing their duties.

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