Provincial Parliamentary Secretary Information and Culture Punjab Muhammad Nadeem Qureshi on Saturday termed act of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s security guards harassing journalists of Multan including President of Multan Press Club Shakeel Anjum and a female reporter as a deplorable. In a statement issued here, Nadeem Qureshi said it was attack on freedom of press. Preventing […]
LAHORE: PML-N President and Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif expressed hope on Saturday that government members in Parliament will vote against the PECA ordinance, which has made online ‘defamation’ of authorities a criminal offence with harsh penalties. Congratulating the newly elected officials of the Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AMEAND), Shehbaz […]
LAHORE: Federal Minister Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said that country’s media regulatory regime was outmoded and unable to regulate the media and digital media forums and there was need to update the existing laws it in line with the changing times. Speaking at a workshop ‘Changing Roles, Challenges and Opportunities in Digital Media […]
From the 1857 Gagging Act and the 1910 Press Act of India, many laws have been made to silence journalists and dissenters. The mindset favoring authoritarian rule has persisted even under nominally democratic governments. Press is invariably the first and foremost target. In this regard, Prime Minister Imran Khan has not distinguished himself from his […]
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