Karachi court dismisses journalist Farhan Mallick’s bail plea

A Karachi district court dismissed the bail application of journalist Farhan Mallick on Friday in a case pertaining to running allegedly “anti-state” content on his outlet’s YouTube channel.

Mallick, the founder of media agency Raftar and a former news director at Samaa TV, was arrested on March 20 in Karachi and booked under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) as well as the Pakistan Penal Code. The next day, he was handed over to the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) custody for four days.