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Former Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) chairman Absar Alam has accused former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt General (retired) Faiz Hameed of controlling the media during 2017 Faizabad Dharna. Alam has also accused General (retd) Hameed of pressuring him to take action against prominent journalist Najam Sethi and Pakistan's former ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani.

"PEMRA officials were under pressure from serving officers, and the Applicant-in-Person received calls from the then DG(C) Major General Faiz Hameed and/or his subordinates complaining that their requests were not acceded to by the Applicant-in-Person (Alam)," Alam stated in the affidavit he submitted to the apex court on Tuesday. He also submitted a written reply in the Faizabad Dharna case.

Alam went on to list all the actions for which he was pressured by specific quarters:

to take action against Najam Sethi, a prominent senior journalist; and,
to completely blackout Hussain Haqqani from television channels, however, both illegal/unlawful demands remained unmet.
"General Hameed and/or his subordinates controlled television channel policy through illegal/unlawful means by changing their numbers and moving them at the tail end when they refused to follow instructions. The higher the channel number, the better the visibility and access due to various technological and social reasons," Alam explained in his statement.

This is the first time that Gen Hameed has been accused by name of playing a role in the Faizabad Dharna case. This is also the first case where he has been named before the top court in any case.

Alam's reply came after multiple pleas were filed in the apex court calling to review the verdict on the 2017 Faizabad protest staged by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) against the then-Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government demanding action against ministers for alleged 'secular' changes to oaths.

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