Says cases are decided in courts not through media trials; directs Sindh government to probe and bring the investigation agency to fore
ISLAMABAD: Terming the recent release of ‘confessional videos’ of under-custody suspects by local TV channels illegal and unethical, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday said cases are decided in the courts and not through media trials, reports Geo News.
In a statement issued here, he said sub-judice cases get weakened by unnecessary coverage of such videos, adding that a letter has been sent to the Sindh government on Saturday to launch a probe into the release of videos of detained suspects on the media. The minister urged the provincial government to bring the investigation agency involved in the controversy to the fore.
Nisar said the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has also been urged to prevent such incidents and would be asked to formulate a code and procedure to curtail such happenings in the future.
“Pemra will be asked to formulate a policy to resolve the issue,” he added.
The statement comes after two videos of Dr Asim Hussain were released on Wednesday and Thursday respectively where he levelled serious corruption charges on former President Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan People’s Party leader Owais Muzaffar Tappi.
In another ‘confessional video’ the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarter Nine Zero’s security in-charge Minhaj Qazi made revelations regarding former Sindh governor Hakim Saeed’s murder case on Friday.
Nisar stated that the promotion of such videos was illegal and immoral, adding that the decision of the cases involving the promotion of such suspects must be made in the courts, not by a media trial. the interior minister said that unnecessary promotion of the suspects’ videos weakens the cases instead of strengthening them.
He has written a letter to the Sindh government demanding that an investigation be carried out in regard to the matter to find out which investigation agency is behind such incidents.
KARACHI: The federal government and the United Nations Environment Programme have agreed to enhance cooperation with...
Ag AgenciesWASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his upcoming trip to China in response to...
DOHA: Qatar has reaffirmed a religious ban on consuming insects in a move that comes after the European Union added...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the removal of an officer of Punjab Police for keeping a citizen in...
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl leader Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi on Friday said Pakistan and Afghanistan should...
LAHORE: PML-N Senior Vice President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz criticised former prime minister Imran Khan on...
Comments