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ATC extends Mohsin Baig’s physical remand for three days

IHC seeks report of torture on journalist Mohsin Baig

February 18, 2022 01:29 PM


The Islamabad anti-terrorism court on Friday granted an extension of another three days in the physical remand of senior journalist Mohsin Baig, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The court ordered the journalist to appear before the court on Feb 21. However, it sent two employees of Mr Baig to jail on judicial remand. 

A petition has also been filed in the ATC for obtaining Mr Baig’s medical report.

The petition was filed by the journalist’s lawyer Latif Khosa.

The petition stated that Mr Baig was patient of diabetes and was also suffering from other diseases. He was subjected to the worst torture by the FIA and the investigation agency and police conducted his medical checkup from the PIMS and Poly Clinic hospitals, it further stated.

While talking to media, Mr Baig said that Imran Khan’s days of humiliation were quite near. “Imran will be in the same lock-up in which I have been put,” he said adding that he would keep on fighting till this fascist regime was gone. 

Meanwhile, the Islamabad High Court has ordered Islamabad IG Police to submit a report regarding torture on senior journalist Mohsin Baig during police custody on Feb 21.

IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard petitions filed by the wife of Mohsin Baig seeking quashing of cases against the journalist on Friday.

Petitioner’s counsel Sardar Latif Khosa said that it was deplorable that even Prime Minister Imran Khan had been involved in this affair. 

While addressing the counsel, CJ Minallah remarked that he had filed a plea to dismiss the FIR. “But nobody else except the accused could file a plea requesting quashing of the case. You can amend your plea. This request cannot be entertained on behalf of third person. We are not even sure whether the accused himself wants quashing of the case,” he added.

Khosa informed the court that yesterday he was not allowed to meet Mohsin Baig. He said that his client was subjected to severe torture in the police station. When the court sent the bailiff, he wasn’t allowed to enter the police station, he added. 

The counsel further told the court that from 10 to 15 people beat up his client in the SHO’s room. 

On this, the chief justice ordered the Islamabad IG Police to submit report about torture on the journalist during police custody in the next hearing. 

With this, the judge adjourned the hearing till Feb 21.

Reporter Ehtisham Kiyani 



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