CPJ calls on Pakistan to prosecute killers of journalist Imtiaz Mir
October 31, 2025: CPJ calls on Pakistan to bring Imtiaz Mir’s killers to justice after the journalist was allegedly murdered by a banned militant group in Karachi.
JournalismPakistan.com | Published 2 years ago
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ISLAMABAD—Sami Ibrahim, President of BOL News, has been given interim bail in a terrorism case till July 4.
A case of terrorism was registered against Sami at the Kohsar Police Station in Islamabad. The anti-terrorism court granted the interim bail as the duty judge Azam Khan was on leave.
Unidentified individuals in Islamabad kidnapped Sami, a prominent journalist, on May 24 for being a vocal critic of the government. He, however, returned home safely a week later.
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