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PTV fires journalist Ahmed Quraishi for visiting Israel

JournalismPakistan.com
June 01, 2022

PTV fires journalist Ahmed Quraishi for visiting Israel

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Television (PTV) has fired journalist Ahmed Quraishi for visiting Israel and meeting with the Israeli President and other officials.

According to Information Minister Marriyam Aurangzeb, Quraishi has been sacked following the controversial trip. She emphasized that the anchorperson went on a "personal trip to Israel, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has categorically rejected the notion of any official delegation from Pakistan visiting Israel."

The FO spokesperson clarified that the visit in question was of Pakistani Americans organized by a foreign NGO not based in Pakistan.

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