Case Update Status

Case is in ATC court Mirpurkhas, nominated accused are on bail.

Summary of Case

On 18 May, 2021, fake case has been registered against six journalists in Umerkot by officer of the Health Department named Shuja Memon.

On June 1, 2021 Mr. Ali Murad Dal correspondent of PTV and Avi Go Sawami correspondent of Daily Phenji & Times News told PPF that on 18- May-21 there was a shortage of COVID-19 vaccine outside the Health Department of Umerkot so we including our other friends including journalists Allah Jorio Soomro Secretary General of Umerkot Press Club, Mushtaq Qumbahar correspondent of Sindh express News, Dilbar Bhaiya and ex-Journalists who’s a Government employee now and Niaz rajha reporter of Mehran TV posted that news on our social media accounts, so the officer of the Health Department named Shuja Memon was angry on that. Secondly, World Health organization (WHO) gave news motorbikes to health department for the vaccinators for different vaccination process but Shuja Memon didn’t gave them to the vaccinators and put them in his cattle fence when we on aired news regarding it on our channels Shuja Memon became very angry on us due to this on May 21, 21 he filed fake application in Umerkot city police station that we did robbery in his house, police called both of us and we told that we can’t did it we are journalists and ran stories against him that’s why he’s doing so and when no clue found against us police didn’t file against us. Shuja Memon on May 31, 21 filed case against us in Mirpurkhas Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) that we robbed 1 lakh from his house as his legal lawyer Mr. Masood Laghari has good connections in court the Mirpurkhas Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) issued unbailable warrants against us.

On June 4, 21 Ali Murad Dal told PPF that Sindh high Court allowed Interim guarantee to us for five days. We will visit tomorrow to Mirpurkhas Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) for the confirmed bail before arrest. The first hearing of the case will be at June 24, 21.

President of Umerkot Press Club told PPF that we strongly condemn the incident and making strategy for what we have to do further. This is a duty of a journalist to report what is going wrong and on his reports no one should file a case. We are with the affected journalists.

Station House Office (SHO) Khalil Qambahar told PPF that the application is still the application as Shuja Memon directly filed case in court so we are following the court orders. The hearing will be on court on 24 June so we will do according to court decision. I can’t share the application with you as this is our legal and official paper.

On June 4, 21 Senior News producer of Pakistan Television (PTV) told PPF that we strongly condemn the case and demand authorities to take action against Shuja Memon so no one will future will able to stop journalist for their journalism.

Category of Incident

Case Register

ICCS Status

ICCS Divisions: 0202-Acts against liberty

ICCS Group: 0202-Acts against liberty

ICCS Class: 0202-Acts against liberty

ICCS Crime: 0202-Acts against liberty

Reported By

Regional Times of Sindh

Date of incident

18

Month

May

Year

2021

Name of affected person

Allah Jorio Soomro, Ali Murad Dal, Avi Go Swami, Mushtaq Qambahar, Niaz Rajhar

Other affected persons

Dilbar Bhaiya

Name of affected organization

PTV, Times News,

Other affected organizations

Sindh Express News, Mehran TV

Action by

Officer of the Health Department named Shuja Memon

City

UmerKot

Province

Sindh

Designation

Reporters

Professional category

Journalist

Age of victim

38 Years

Marital Status

Compensation Details

Amount of compensation announced by government: No compensation announced

Date of compensation announcement by government: No compensation announced

Date of compensation paid by government: No compensation announced

Amount of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced

Date of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced

Date compensation paid by others: No compensation announced

FIR Details

Was FIR registered ?: Yes

Date of FIR: 18/05/2021

FIR Details: N/A

Police station of FIR: City Police Station Umerkot

Name of complainant: Shuja Memon

Name of accused in FIR: N/A

Court Details

Was case investigated ?: Case is in ATC court Mirpurkhas

Court where case was presented: ATC court Mirpurkhas

Name of prosecuting lawyer: N/A

Date of first court hearing: 24/06/2021

Date of last court hearing:

Status of court case: Under hearing

Journalist Union Status

PFUJ

N/A

APNS

CPNE

PBA

Media Source Status

Media reports:

Condemn Status

Colleague of victim

N/A

Employer organization

Senior News producer of Pakistan Television (PTV) told PPF that we strongly condemn the case and demand authorities to take action against Shuja Memon so no one will future will able to stop journalist for their journalism.

Press Club Status

Press club 1: President of Umerkot Press Club told PPF that we strongly condemn the incident and making strategy for what we have to do further. This is a duty of a journalist to report what is going wrong and on his reports no one should file a case. We are with the affected journalists.

Press club 2:

Press club 3: