KARACHI: In a statement issued Saturday in Karachi PBA has appealed to the Pakistani State to look into the matter of Editor-in-Chief of Jang/GEO who is in custody now for over 200 days while NAB investigation and remand finished a long time ago.

Reference against him, with the alleged supporting evidence relied upon by NAB, has already been filed in court so there can be no fear of him tampering with evidence if released.

While he, like any other citizen, is not above the law, however, PBA appeals that he may be allowed to defend himself as a free man, so as to dispel the impression that perhaps the objective behind his arrest and prosecution instead of accountability was to muzzle media independence and to serve as a lesson for the entire media industry."-PR

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