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Sindh Provisional Assembly passes journalists protection bill Pakistan Press Foundation Facebook0Tweet0Pin0LinkedIn0Email0 The Sindh Assembly passed a landmark law on Friday to promote, protect and ensure the independence, impartiality, safety and freedom of expression for journalists and other media practitioners. Pakistan ranks 145 out of 180 countries on the media rights watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2021 World Press Freedom Index. Reports of journalists being intimidated, threatened, beaten, abducted, harassed or even killed are not uncommon in the country, which stands as the fifth most dangerous place for the profession, according to the International Federation of Journalists. In Sindh alone, at least one journalist has been killed in the current year. According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, at least two were picked up and then released and one killed in 2020. At least 25 FIRs have reportedly been lodged against various journalists in Sukkur al

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