1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgErik Crouchhttps://cpj.org/author/ecrouch/Punjab authorities open blasphemy and defamation investigation into Pakistani journalist Waqar Satti - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9x4jNNleIQ"><a href="https://cpj.org/2022/08/punjab-authorities-open-blasphemy-and-defamation-investigation-into-pakistani-journalist-waqar-satti/">Punjab authorities open blasphemy and defamation investigation into Pakistani journalist Waqar Satti</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2022/08/punjab-authorities-open-blasphemy-and-defamation-investigation-into-pakistani-journalist-waqar-satti/embed/#?secret=9x4jNNleIQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Punjab authorities open blasphemy and defamation investigation into Pakistani journalist Waqar Satti” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="9x4jNNleIQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/pakistan_08-30-2022.jpeg886627New York, August 30, 2022– Authorities in Pakistan’s northeast Punjab province must immediately drop their investigation into journalist Waqar Satti, allow him to report freely, and investigate threats he received in retaliation for his work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On Saturday, August 27, police in the Punjab city of Rawalpindi filed a...