Pakistan News Agencies Council strongly condemns arrest of President PNAC Mohsin Jamil Baig & torture on him

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (SABAH): Pakistan News Agencies Council (PNAC) has strongly condemned the arrest of PNAC President Mohsin Jamil Baig.

Pakistan News Agencies Council (PNAC) Vice Presidents Ammar Yasir, Tariq Sumer and Secretary General Shakil Ahmed Turabi have strongly condemned the arrest of Mohsin Jamil Baig and severe torture on him. The PNAC leaders have demanded his immediate release.

In a condemnation statement issued on Wednesday, the senior journalists have strongly condemned the restriction on the freedom of expression. The leaders of the Pakistan News Agencies Council (PNAC) have said that the government is using cheap tactics to silence the dissenting voices raised against it, adding that they condemn this act. The PNAC leaders demanded that all the cases registered against Mohsin Jamil Baig should be withdrawn and legal action should be taken against the personnel and their heads who entered the house of Mohsin Baig without the warrants.

They said that the arrest of Mohsin Baig is severe kind of victimization act and it is result of the evil and dictatorial thinking.