Severely criticising authorities, the HC said they had shown no compelling reasons for detaining the journalist under PSA while he was already in custody.
In its charge-sheet against 'The Kashmir Walla' editor, it said that a subscription model of circulation has enabled funding by like-minded separatists who have camouflaged the funding under the guise of readership programmes.
Journalist Sanjay Rana was on March 12 arrested in UP’s Sambhal district after publicly seen questioning a minister over her election promises. He was only released a day later.
KARACHI: Reporters Sans Frontiers has ranked Pakistan in 157 out of 180 countries with a score of 37.99 on account of severe constraints in media freedom. It said the country ever since Independence has oscillated between civil society’s quest for greater press freedom and the political elite’s constant reassertion of extensive control over the media.