Pakistan Detains Journalist Muhammad Bilal Ghauri over Commentary on Security Appointment

Pakistan detains journalist Muhammad Bilal Ghauri over commentary on security appointment

New York, September 9, 2026—Pakistani authorities must immediately release independent journalist Muhammad Bilal Ghauri and drop the cybercrime case filed against him over his commentary about the appointment of a senior counterterrorism official, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Ghauri, who covers news via his popular YouTube channel, was reported missing by his family...

Journalist Bilal Ghauri sent on three-day physical remand

ISLAMABAD - A judicial magistrate in Islamabad on Monday granted the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) three days’ physical remand of journalist and YouTuber Muhammad Bilal Ghauri in a case registered under Sections 20 and 26-A of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016.

Journalist Bilal Ghauri arrested under 'fake news' charges

On Monday, a judicial magistrate in Islamabad remanded journalist Bilal Ghauri into the custody of National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency for three days in a false information case. The case was registered against Ghauri on September 6, 2026 on behalf of NCCIA Technical Assistant Muhammad Umair Warsi under Section 20 (offences against the dignity of […]

Talal Chaudhry defends journalist Bilal Ghauri's arrest; calls some journalists ‘habitual offenders’

Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry has defended the arrest of journalist Bilal Ghauri, saying that journalists should not be exempt from arrest when they violate the law, calling some “habitual offenders”. Speaking on a private news show, Chaudhry defended the arrest by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) and said that the […] The post Talal Chaudhry defends journalist Bilal Ghauri’s arrest; calls some journalists ‘h…

NCCIA granted three-day physical remand of journalist Bilal Ghauri