Pak journalist held over FB posts

A Pakistani reporter has been detained and charged under cybercrime laws for criticising security forces on social media, officials and his family said yesterday, the latest sign of a state crackdown on free speech. Zafarullah Achakzai, who works at Urdu daily Qudrat, had criticised the FC on his Facebook page for the deteriorating law and order situation in Balochistan, a colleague told AFP.