Pak MI gathering information on journalists: Report
December 05, 2012  14:18
Pakistan's Military Intelligence has launched a nationwide drive to gather information on journalists and columnists, with operatives going from door- to-door to ascertain details about their religion, passports and bank account numbers as part of a "verification process".

The intelligence operatives have approached journalists with a two-page form in Urdu to gather information on them, The News daily reported today. The names of nearly 100 well-known media personalities, including women journalists who live on their own and a columnist who is a sitting member of Parliament, are on the list of persons on whom information is being gathered, the report said.
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