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June 3, 1999 His Excellency Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Prime Minister's Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes yesterday's unconditional release of Najam Sethi, the founding editor of the English-language weekly The Friday Times. The government's decision to drop all charges against him is a very encouraging development. However, CPJ remains concerned…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260