Two journalists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district faced legal actions, including arrest and registration of cases against them. On August 30, Daily Mashriq's Bureau Chief Fayyaz Zafar was arrested by the Swat police under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). The next day, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against another journalist, Daily
SWAT: Journalist Fayaz Zafar was freed here on Thursday after a jirga was held between the local elders and district administration. Mr Zafar, the bureau chief of daily Mashriq and a reporter for Deewa radio in Swat, was detained on Wednesday night under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). Known for his brave reporting, he