Pakistani journalist probing Imran Khan protest casualties charged with terrorism, lawyer says

FILE PHOTO: Matiullah Jan, a journalist and columnist, gestures during an interview with Reuters at his office in Islamabad, Pakistan March 13, 2019. Picture taken March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani journalist investigating claims of casualties in a protest march demanding the release of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan was picked up off the street on Wednesday night and charged with terrorism, according to a colleague and his lawyer.

Television host Matiullah Jan is known as a critic of the military's heavy influence in Pakistani politics.