District Magistrate Jhang, Sardar Sher Afgan has issued the orders of detainment for 30 days of a journalist Shafqat Rasool Malik, correspondent of the daily Osaf, Islamabad under West Pakistan Maintenance Public Order Ordinance 1960. Section 3(1).
All social, political and journalistic quarters of the city have expressed deep concern over the orders. PPI
Source: The Nation
Date:6/23/1999
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