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Three journalists from the NWFP were arrested by ISI for the purpose of extracting the source of news about military operations in Buneer, where the Taliban has taken over control of the city; they were however subsequently released. The ISI had earlire declared that the three journalists would
not be released until and unless the journalists, one in particularly,
Mr. Dilawar Jan disclosed the source of his news about the start of
military operation in the area.



On the other hand, Taliban Pakistan has threatened the journalists of the country that if they continue to criticize the Taliban type of justice system, the Nizam-e-Adl (NAR), they would be treated with dire consequences and would be tried in Taliban courts.

According to the information received from Mr. Hamid Mir, the
prominent anchor person of the Geo Television program, the Capital
Talk, on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, a journalist of the TheNews
International at NWFP province, Mr. Dilawar Jan, was asked by the
officials of the ISI to disclose the source of a news item about the start of the military operation in the Buneer, the Taliban controlled area. Mr. Jan, however, refused to disclose his sources as it was against the ethics of journalism. At 16 hours he was again contacted by the ISI officials and instructed to come to office of the ISI at Peshawar Cantonment, in the heart of the provincial capital. As he reached the station office of the ISI, he was detained there until the disclosure of the source of his story.

But at 18 hours the government and the military themselves announced
that a military operation has already initiated in the Buneer against
the Taliban militants, even then ISI wanted to know about the source
of disclosure of the operation before it was officially announced.

In the late hours of the same day, two other journalists, namely Mr.
Mushtaq Yousufzai and Mr. Bukhar Shah, had gone to ISI provincial
head quarters and enquired about the illegal detention of Mr. Dilawar
Jan but both of them were also held arbitrary till the disclosure of
the source of the news. Mr. Hamid Mir tried to keep in contact with the intelligence officers for the release of the journalists but he was told that they were not under arrest and they would be released soon. At 23:30 hours the Geo Television broadcast the news of the illegal detention of Mr. Dilawar Jan by the ISI, but purposely avoided to inform about the illegal detention of two other journalists as it would create panic in the journalist community and would give a bad name to the Pakistan armed forces. The spokesperson of the arm forces of the Pakistan has shown his inability to comment on the arrest of the three journalists.