Matiullah Jan

Matiullah Jan (Urdu: مطیع اللہ جان) is a senior Pakistani journalist and YouTuber. ^[2][3][4]

Matiullah Jan مطیع اللہ جان
Nationality	Pakistani
Occupation(s)	Journalist and Youtuber
Notable work	Interviewed EX-DGFIA^[1]

Background

Jan has worked for several media outlets in Pakistan. He is known for his criticism of the Pakistani government.^[5]

Due to his criticism on establishment he has been allegedly threatened many times.^[6] Matiullah Jan was sacked from Waqt News, where he was working as an anchor.^[7] This was allegedly due to pressure from security agencies. He currently runs his own YouTube channel.^[8]

Controversy

Supreme Court of Pakistan took suo motu notice of a tweet by Jan that was critical of the judiciary, and initiated contempt proceedings against him.^[9][10]

Abduction and release

In July, 2020, Jan was kidnapped from outside a public school. This school is located in Sector G-6, of Islamabad. He had gone to drop off his teacher wife there. CCTV footage showed that he was forcibly removed from his car and beaten by persons in uniform as well as plainclothes. His captors released him 12 hours later. Jan has implicated the security establishment for his kidnapping.^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Publications

He has authored or co-authored the following publications:

• Guaranteeing Copyright: Media Manager's Guide to Pakistani Broadcast Law, Internews, 2004. Co-authored with Muhammad Aftab Alam.
• Media in Pakistan, Growing Space, Shrinking Freedoms: Annual Report on State of Media Freedoms in Pakistan, Internews, 2005. Co-authored with Adnan Rehmat.
• Watching the Watchdog, How Pakistan is Front Paged and Headlined? : a Report on Trends in Pakistani Media, Centre for Civic Education Pakistan, 2006. Co-authored with Zafarullah Khan.

See also

• List of kidnappings
• List of solved missing person cases

References

1. Dawn.com (2020-10-06). "Former FIA DG says was told to file terrorism case against Maryam's social media cell 'by highest office'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
2. "Matiullah Jan: Pakistan anger as video shows reporter's abduction". BBC News. 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
3. "MATIULLAH JAN". pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
4. "Journalist Matiullah Jan missing from Islamabad". dawn.com. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
5. "Explained: Who is Matiullah Jan, the Pakistani journalist who was abducted this week?". The Indian Express. 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
6. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Matiullah Jan: Critical journalists 'routinely threatened' in Pakistan | DW | 19.08.2020". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
7. "Sacked Matiullah Jan gets support on Twitter - Journalism Pakistan". www.journalismpakistan.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
8. "Explained: Who is Matiullah Jan, the Pakistani journalist who was abducted this week?". The Indian Express. 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
9. Asad, Malik (2020-10-09). "Court bars FIA from arresting journalist over his tweets". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
10. "SC issues contempt of court notice to journalist Matiullah Jan". The Nation. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
11. "Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan describes how he was kidnapped and what happened thereafter". Hindustan Times. 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
12. "Journalist Matiullah Jan goes missing from Islamabad: HRCP". thenews.com.pk. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
13. Kugelman, Michael. "No, Mr. Prime Minister, Pakistan Does Not Have a Free Press". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
14. "Pakistan: Journalist Matiullah Jan abducted in broad daylight and released after twelve hours". IFEX. 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
15. Jan, Matiullah. "An 'alleged kidnapping' and the velvet glove of law in Pakistan". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
16. Hassan, Syed Raza (2020-09-12). "Pakistani journalist arrested, accused of defaming military". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2020-10-15.