For those who can’t take criticism, former President Asif Ali Zardari stated, “Leave politics.”
Mr. Mohsin Baig, a distinguished journalist, was arrested by the existing administration.
Repression of dissenters, he said, reveals an authoritarian attitude.
Asif Zardari went on to say that the detention of Mohsin Baig was illegal and that he should be freed.
This is important: Journalist Mohsin Baig was taken into custody on Wednesday during a cybercrime operation by the FIA’s cybercrime department.
The journalist has been critical of government policy and has been on TV shows as an expert.
Surveillance of Baig’s home by the FIA
The FIA went to Baig’s house in F8 and searched it because Communications Minister Murad Saeed said it was.
The FIA raided after obtaining a court search and seizure order, the statement said.
A raid by Mohsin Baig’s son and slaves resulted in the capture of two FIA officers. Baig was brought into custody when he ran out of ammunition and is being prosecuted at the Margalla police station.
Baig allegedly used obscene words against Murad Saeed on a chat programme. It said Baig told a “baseless tale with insulting comments” that was afterwards posted on social media, “shattering” the federal minister’s public image.
Bilawal Mohsin Baig’s Release
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari stated Baig’s detention showed “Imran Khan’s vulnerability.”
“Imran Khan “Imran Khan is frightened of self-criticism,” Bilawal remarked, adding that under PTI, terrorists are escaping while journalists are detained.
It’s the nation’s worst time’
The arrest of Mohsin Baig, a former buddy of Imran Khan, reveals how “panicked the leadership is”, according to Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif.
“Long lectures on democracy [and] morals yet cannot take even slight criticism,” remarked Shahbaz.