Islamabad, Pakistan -The famous Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir was released a few days after protesting against the Pakistani military during a protest against the attack on another journalist.

Mill told Al Jazeera that he was informed that he will not host the “Capital Symposium” on Earth News starting Monday night.

Mir said: “The geographic management department only told me that I would not host this show.”

“They said it was stressful [after the statements at the protest last week]. They did not say who it was. “

After clarifying the reasons for this move, the management of “Geonews” confirmed to Al Jazeera that Mill has been suspended and will not host the show.

Informed sources told Al Jazeera that “Geo News” has been “forced to fire [Mir]”.

Last week, Pakistani independent journalist Asad Ali Toor was known for his important coverage of the Pakistani government and military. be attacked Three unidentified men beat him at his home in Islamabad and warned him about his work.

In his speech during the protests against the Islamabad attack last Friday, Mir threatened to identify the perpetrators of a series of recent attacks on Pakistani journalists. He implied the involvement of the Pakistani army in a few words and appointed Qamar Javed Bajwa, the commander-in-chief of the Pakistani army, as the general.

Mill said in the protest: “If you break into our house to attack us, then we cannot enter your house because you have tanks and guns, but we can make these things public and do it from inside your house.” The intervention of the army.

In 2014, Mir hosted a show that focused on alleged human rights violations by the military in the southwestern Balochistan province. Soon after that, Mir was spared.

“The space is shrinking completely. In fact, I want to say that this is done. Iqbal Khattak, representative of Pakistan Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and head of media rights organization Freedom Network, said:

“I think we have been proved to be correct. The state and government are applying pressure to influence the editorial independence of certain media organizations.”

Katak said that the threats against journalists are particularly targeted at those who report to the government and the military in a harsh way.

“Journalists who criticize government policies are under pressure. Those journalists who say’everything is fine’ have no problems with their safety and security.”

ISI participation

Toor, who was attacked on Wednesday, said in a police report that one of his attackers identified himself as a member of the International Intelligence Service (ISI), the country’s main intelligence agency.

On Saturday, the Pakistani government called the allegation a “thought-out conspiracy.”

The Pakistani military has directly ruled the country for about half of its 74-year history. Critics say Pakistan continues to exercise control over many aspects of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government.

In 2019 Al Jazeera survey News reporters, editors and managers of news organizations across the country stated that their work was censored by the government and the military, and they used financial means to target news organizations.

In July 2020, the famous TV news host Matiullah Jan Kidnapped From outside a school in Islamabad. Young said that during 12 hours of detention, he was blindfolded, gagged, tied up and beaten by an unidentified assailant.

In April, senior journalist Absar Alam was shot in the abdomen while going for a walk in Islamabad. Alam survived. A lone assailant was seen fleeing the scene in the security camera lens.

In either case, no one was arrested.

In January, the BBC was forced to stop broadcasting the Urdu Daily News bulletin due to “interference” with editorial content.

The BBC has stopped broadcasting news bulletins in Urdu through Pakistan’s AJJ TV station.
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“The Pakistani media, which has been very active for a long time, has become the primary target of the country’s “deep country”, a euphemism for the military and ISI… and their high degree of control over civilian executives,” said RSF, a media rights watchdog.

“Since Imran Khan became prime minister in July 2018, the influence of this military’institution’ that cannot withstand independent journalism has greatly increased.”

Pakistan ranks ninth in the Global Impunity Index Committee for the Protection of Journalists, with at least 15 unresolved murders of journalists.

In 2021, in the RSF World Press Freedom Index, the country ranked 145th out of 180 countries.

The government denies involvement in attacks on journalists or the censorship system. Prime Minister Khan often reiterated his view that Pakistan’s media are independent.

Pakistan’s Minister of Information, Fawad Chaudhry, did not respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment, but last week denied the existence of a censorship system in the country, and also accused journalists of fabricating allegations of attacks and “immigrants” to other countries.