*ISLAMABAD: Condemnations have poured in over suspension of ARY NEWStransmission and arrest of the channel’s Head of News Ammad Yousaf with topPTI leader terming it pure fascism.*
Taking to Twitter, Fawad Chaudhry said that the broadcast of the mostviewed news channel, ARY NEWS, has been suspended and only a particularchannel was allowed to run its transmission.
“The Constitution has been suspended practically and basic human rights arebeing terminated,” he said, adding that PTI has been fighting for a realindependence and rights and it is now important for Pakistan to reach itsdestination.
پاکستان کے سب سے بڑے اور مقبول چینل ARY کو بند کر دیا گیا، صرف مخصوص چینلزکی نشریات ہو رہی ہے ملک میں آئین عملی طور پر معطل ہے اور انسانی حقوق ختم ہوچکے ہیں تحریکُ انصاف حقیقی آزادی اور حقوق کی لڑائ لڑُ رہی ہے اور یہ لڑائمنزل تک پہنچانا پاکستان کیلئے ضروری ہے link
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 10, 2022link
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PTI Secretary General Asad Umar said that shutting down ARY and arrest ofsenior vice president Ammad Yousaf is pure fascism. “First the crackdown onpoliticians. Now force being used to gag media. What is next? The courts?”
In the early hours on Wednesday, the government in yet another actionlinkARY News has picked up its Head of News, Ammad Yousaf from Karachi.
ARY’s Head of News Ammad Yousaf was arrested without a warrantlink from his residence located inKarachi’s DHA.
