1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/CPJ Disturbed by the Persecution of Najam Sethi in Pakistan - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5XbHcs6naf"><a href="https://cpj.org/1999/06/cpj-disturbed-by-the-persecution-of-najam-sethi-in/">CPJ Disturbed by the Persecution of Najam Sethi in Pakistan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/1999/06/cpj-disturbed-by-the-persecution-of-najam-sethi-in/embed/#?secret=5XbHcs6naf" width="600" height="338" title="“CPJ Disturbed by the Persecution of Najam Sethi in Pakistan” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="5XbHcs6naf" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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June 23,1999 His Excellency Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Prime Minister's Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply disturbed by evidence that your government is continuing to persecute Najam Sethi, chief editor of the English-language weekly newspaper The Friday Times. In the last few weeks, various government agencies have blocked…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260