Islamabad, July 26: A Pakistani newspaper editor has charged the ISI with intimidating him to extract information about the source of a story which appeared in the daily.
According to the report in his Urdu newspaper ‘Jasarat’, the editor Muzaffar Ejaz received a call from a person who identified himself as Col Amjad of the ISI on Tuesday last. He wanted to meet the editor to discuss certain ideas and issues. Col Amjad then sent a vehicle to the ‘Jasarat’ office the next day from where Ejaz was taken to a house in Karachi's upscale defence housing authority.

A person identifying himself as Col Zaki asked the editor to name the reporter and the source of his story which said that another ISI official had been removed from his job of uniting factions of the Pakistan Muslim League, daily 'Dawn' reported.

But Ejaz refused to comply with the ISI demand and instead offered to run the official version of the story, but Col Zaki advised him to discuss the matter with his seniors and allowed him to return.
When the newspaper did not relent to give away the source despite several calls, the press information department rang the paper to say they wanted to send a contradiction, which was subsequently published.

Ejaz also complained that he was being tailed by motorbike riders.
Bureau Report