Musharraf taking Pakistan in wrong direction: CPJ
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said that President Pervez Musharraf’s actions were taking Pakistan in a wrong direction at a time when Pakistanis need more, not less, information.
In a statement, the CPJ’s Asia Programme Coordinator Bob Dietz said the new media regulations allowed for no critical coverage of government officials. “For years Gen Musharraf bragged about allowing a free media. Now is the time for him to uphold those principles,” he said.
Responding to reports that police entered the offices of Aaj television and later interrupted its satellite signal, Dietz said, “The government knows that people will not be satisfied with receiving news from the government news services, but we fear what has happened to Aaj TV will soon happen to the rest of the country’s independent media.”
Source: Daily Times
Date:11/5/2007
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