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Washington Post journalist booted from Pakistan

QUETTA, Dec 2: The government on Sunday expelled another journalist for his alleged involvement in undesirable activitie
Foreign newsman expelled

By Our Staff Correspondent


QUETTA, Dec 2: The government on Sunday expelled another journalist for his alleged involvement in undesirable activities.

Rajiv Chandrasekaran of the Washington Post, staying at the Serena Hotel for the last one month for coverage of the Afghan war, was asked by officials to leave the country immediately.

He was taken into custody by the local authorities from the hotel and detained at the Railways Rest House before being sent to Islamabad by a PIA flight in the afternoon.

Another Western journalist, Cristina Lamb, and a photographer were expelled on Nov 9.
 
 

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