The Nation removes story on Arab diplomat
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 23 April 2015
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The Nation has deleted a story detailing the private life of an Arab diplomat after receiving requests from the diplomat and embassy. The article, while removed, is still accessible in the e-paper.Summary
ISLAMABAD: The Nation has taken down a story from its website following reaction and pressure from an Arab diplomat in Islamabad.
Inamullah Khattak’s story, “Guarding a Romeo Diplomat,” was published in the paper on Monday wherein he disclosed a top Arab diplomat’s secret visits to a house in F-6 residential area.
“The diplomat leaves his villa in Diplomatic Enclave for F-6 residential sector in the federal capital where, according to police, he continues to stay there for late hours in night in a house owned by a lady working for a UN agency,” the story said.
A source tells JournalismPakistan.com that the paper’s management was approached by the diplomat and requested to take down the story from the website.
“The relevant embassy officials also approached the paper’s management with a request to remove the article as this was a personal affair of the diplomat and shouldn’t have become news,” he said.
The story can, however, still be accessed and read in the e-paper.
KEY POINTS:
- The Nation took down a story after pressure from an Arab diplomat.
- The story detailed the diplomat's visits to a house in F-6.
- Diplomatic officials argued it was a personal affair.
- The removed article was written by Inamullah Khattak.
- The story remains available in the e-paper.
