Case Update Status

AC Swat apologised with journalist.

Summary of Case

"The Assistant Commissioner Swat registered a case against the resident editor of Daily Hum Awam Swat, Badar Zaman and his son for writing fake news against the health department on July 18, 2023. Zaman has been affiliated with Daily Hum Awam since 1994 and also involved in part time business, he is a resident editor from Swat. After covering the news the AC and revenue clerk, Badshah Saikh Pahway called Zaman into his office on July 18, 2023 and asked the reason for covering the news against the department, and also harassed him. Speaking to PPF, Zaman said that on July 18, 2023 the AC of the revenue department and senior clerk, Pahway, called him into his office and harassed him and asked him rudely for covering the fake news against him. “Badshah Saikh Pahway said, next time if you write such fake news against me you will face the consequences and we can even abduct you” Zaman added. “He made false allegations against me in the FIR and police tried to arrest me over false charges, however teh Ac and the clerk both are directly involved in the corruption as stated in my story” he added. A first information report has been registered in Police Station Swat under sections 500, 506, 186, 34 according to Pakistan Penal Code. Niyaz Khan, General Secretary of Swat Press Club strongly condemned the fake case registration against the journalist, and demanded from the District Police Officer, Shafiullah Gandapur for the dismissal of an FIR. The case was registered by the AC and his clerk is fake. They even stated the name of the newspaper wrong in the FIR, from this we can believe the case which was registered against him is fake. “If the journalist was guilty then why did they register the case against his son, who is only responsible for his business,, this is unfair to register the case against the family members of Zaman and harassed them” , Khan added. Rafiullah, the correspondent of TNN from Swat told PPF that Badar Zaman is not affiliated with any organisation these days, however he has a side business which he did and due to which it is his routine that he is involved in such case registration. "

Category of Incident

Case Register

ICCS Status

ICCS Divisions: 0202 -Acts against liberty

ICCS Group: 02022-Deprivation of liberty

ICCS Class: 020222-Illegal restraint

ICCS Crime: Acts against liberty

Reported By

Facebook

Date of incident

18

Month

July

Year

2023

Name of affected person

Badar Zaman

Other affected persons

Not other person affected

Name of affected organization

Humawam

Other affected organizations

No other organization was affected

Action by

By the Assistant Commissioner Swat.

City

Swat

Province

KP

Designation

Chief editor

Professional category

Journalist

Age of victim

50

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: 18/07/2023

FIR Details: FIR number is 401

Police station of FIR: Police Station Syed o Sharif

Name of complainant: Saddam Hussain

Name of accused in FIR: Badar Zaman

Court Details

Was case investigated ?: No

Court where case was presented: Case was not presented in court.

Name of prosecuting lawyer: Case was not presented in court.

Date of first court hearing:

Date of last court hearing:

Status of court case: Case was not presented in court.

Journalist Union Status

PFUJ

"Khyber Union of Journalists President Nasir Hussain told PPF that the matter was resolved between the clerks and the journalist as the District Police Office (DPO) was involved in the matter. "

APNS

N/A

CPNE

N/A

PBA

N/A

Media Source Status

Media reports:

Condemn Status

Colleague of victim

Rafiullah, the correspondent of TNN from Swat told PPF that Badar Zaman is not affiliated with any organisation these days, however he has a side business which he did and due to which it is his routine that he is involved in such case registration.

Employer organization

"Daily Humawaz Chief Editor Pervaiz Alam told PPF that Zaman covered news against the two clerks of the health commission department, and he was later called in the office of AC Swat, and he was harassed and threatened by the two clerks and the AC in his office. Alam said that while Zaman had just written a news story, questioning a journalist on his news was “not acceptable.” Alam added that the two clerks had visited Swat Press Club and apologized to the journalist and said that they had registered the complaint against Zaman over a misunderstanding and promised to submit an application for the dismissal of the FIR."

Press Club Status

Press club 1: "Niyaz Khan, General Secretary of Swat Press Club strongly condemned the fake case registration against the journalist, and demanded from the District Police Officer, Shafiullah Gandapur for the dismissal of an FIR. The case was registered by the AC and his clerk is fake. They even stated the name of the newspaper wrong in the FIR, from this we can believe the case which was registered against him is fake. “If the journalist was guilty then why did they register the case against his son, who is only responsible for his business,, this is unfair to register the case against the family members of Zaman and harassed them” , Khan added."

Press club 2: N/A

Press club 3: N/A