IFJ fact-finding mission due on 19th
ISLAMABAD: International Federation of Journalists’ (IFJ) fact-finding mission, headed by Christopher Warren, is due on November 19. The IFJ mission is arriving in Pakistan to express solidarity with Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and to collect information about media curbs, harassment of media persons and blackout of TV channels after the imposition of emergency rule in the country.
The delegation will hold meetings with the government officials and journalists. It will also hold a roundtable conference on November 20 in which journalists belonging to print and electronic media, representative of civil society, labour leaders, representatives of lawyers as well as students would participate. The conference would formulate recommendations for ending media restrictions, particularly the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority Ordinance.
The delegation will also hold a press conference on November 21.
Source: Daily Times
Date:11/17/2007
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