In Pakistan, attempts to control media are triumphing over efforts to protect the free press
The country has proposed to regulate print, television, electronic and digital media by merging all different regulators into one. Representational image. | Rizwan Tabassum/ AFP Photo
Yet another attempt to bring all mediums of speech in Pakistan under state control has come to the fore, as the country’s Federal Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued a draft ordinance titled the Pakistan Media Development Authority. It is important to analyse the ordinance based on its content, as well as the intent of the state based on recent attempts to control speech and press in the country.
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