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Initiatives being taken to implement media code: Press Council of Pakistan head

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) Raja Shafqat Abbasi said on Thursday that the PCP is taking many initiatives to implement media code of ethics for media practitioners in Pakistan.

This he said during a meeting with German envoy to Pakistan Dr Cyrill Nunn who called on him at the PCP Secretariat. The PCP briefed guest about the vision, scope and functioning of the PCP in upholding true value of freedom of expression.

He said the PCP is taking specific steps to implement media ethics for media coverage of election 2013 to improve indicators of democracy in Pakistan. Dr Cyrill Nunn said that Pakistan is an important country and Germany values its relationship with Pakistan. The German envoy was also accompanied by Dr Thomas Ditt, Head of Press and Cultural Section.

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