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Yashwant Sinha writes to Nawaz Sharif, calls for security for Hamid Mir
TNN | Apr 26, 2014, 03.37 AM IST
NEW DELHI: Former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha has urged the Pakistani government to provide all protection to TV journalist Hamid Mir, who received bullet injuries in an attack last week. "It would be unfortunate if any harm comes to Hamid Mir or Geo TV on your watch," Sinha said in a letter to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Describing Mir as a "fair and fearless journalist", Sinha said he was at the "forefront of the revival of courageous journalism in Pakistan." "Hamid Mir has alleged he was under threat both from the state and non-state actors and that elements in ISI may have had a hand in this attack."
Sinha also described as a "vindictive and retrograde step" the decision by the ISI and Pak defence ministry to withdraw Geo TV's licence.
On Thursday, Mir issued his first statement after the attack, saying, "I had been facing threats from both state and non-state actors, but some developments in the recent past convinced me to inform my colleagues about the elements who could most likely try to kill me." He went on to allege that the ISI was angry because of his coverage of the Balochistan issue and the criticism of the intelligence agency. "State agencies often use the name of non-state actors to threaten journalists so as to prevent them from speaking or writing the truth," his statement said.
Nawaz Sharif has constituted a committee to investigate the attack. He also went to see Mir in the hospital. After coming out, he kept mum on Geo TV's allegations that ISI was behind the attack. Army chief General Raheel Sharif called on ISI chief Zaheer-ul-Islam on Tuesday, signaling that the army was fully behind the ISI.
The attack on Mir has exposed the old fault-lines within the Pakistani establishment, as was first evident in the Pervez Musharraf case and now the Mir attack.
Sinha's letter though is likely to fan flames of conspiracy in Pakistan. Just this week, another Pakistani journalist, Imtiaz Alam, quit his TV show and splashed his resignation letter in Jang, a Geo publication. Alam also shared his resignation letter with an Indian newspaper, for which he was accused of conniving with Indians.
Yashwant Sinha writes to Nawaz Sharif, calls for security for Hamid Mir - The Times of India
TNN | Apr 26, 2014, 03.37 AM IST
NEW DELHI: Former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha has urged the Pakistani government to provide all protection to TV journalist Hamid Mir, who received bullet injuries in an attack last week. "It would be unfortunate if any harm comes to Hamid Mir or Geo TV on your watch," Sinha said in a letter to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Describing Mir as a "fair and fearless journalist", Sinha said he was at the "forefront of the revival of courageous journalism in Pakistan." "Hamid Mir has alleged he was under threat both from the state and non-state actors and that elements in ISI may have had a hand in this attack."
Sinha also described as a "vindictive and retrograde step" the decision by the ISI and Pak defence ministry to withdraw Geo TV's licence.
On Thursday, Mir issued his first statement after the attack, saying, "I had been facing threats from both state and non-state actors, but some developments in the recent past convinced me to inform my colleagues about the elements who could most likely try to kill me." He went on to allege that the ISI was angry because of his coverage of the Balochistan issue and the criticism of the intelligence agency. "State agencies often use the name of non-state actors to threaten journalists so as to prevent them from speaking or writing the truth," his statement said.
Nawaz Sharif has constituted a committee to investigate the attack. He also went to see Mir in the hospital. After coming out, he kept mum on Geo TV's allegations that ISI was behind the attack. Army chief General Raheel Sharif called on ISI chief Zaheer-ul-Islam on Tuesday, signaling that the army was fully behind the ISI.
The attack on Mir has exposed the old fault-lines within the Pakistani establishment, as was first evident in the Pervez Musharraf case and now the Mir attack.
Sinha's letter though is likely to fan flames of conspiracy in Pakistan. Just this week, another Pakistani journalist, Imtiaz Alam, quit his TV show and splashed his resignation letter in Jang, a Geo publication. Alam also shared his resignation letter with an Indian newspaper, for which he was accused of conniving with Indians.
Yashwant Sinha writes to Nawaz Sharif, calls for security for Hamid Mir - The Times of India
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