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May 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Friday strongly defended Prime Minister Imran Khan on his recent address to the Pakistan ambassadors, saying that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and the prime minister stand with the weaker sections of society against the powerful ones.
Speaking here at a news conference along with Trade Minister Abdul Razak Dawood on the heels of premier’s rare virtual address to the ambassadors, Fawad emphasised, “If our prime minister cannot talk on this issue and cannot stand with the weak Pakistanis, then we have no right to stay in government”.
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May 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Friday strongly defended Prime Minister Imran Khan on his recent address to the Pakistan ambassadors, saying that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and the prime minister stand with the weaker sections of society against the powerful ones.
Speaking here at a news conference along with Trade Minister Abdul Razak Dawood on the heels of premier’s rare virtual address to the ambassadors, Fawad emphasised, “If our prime minister cannot talk on this issue and cannot stand with the weak Pakistanis, then we have no right to stay in government”.
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May 4, 2021
KARACHI: The Sindh Home Department has constituted a five-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate the murder case of slain journalist of Sukkur Ajay Lalwani.
According to an official notification issued by Secretary Sindh Home Department, Dr Usman Chachar, following the directions of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Sindh Home Department constituted a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) comprising five officers of Sindh Police, ISI, IB, Special Branch and Pakistan Rangers for the purpese of investigation of murder of journalist Ajay Lalwani, the murder case registered at the Police Statien Saleh Pat, District Sukkur. Zulfiqar Ali Larik, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), would be the convener of JIT, while representative of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) not below the rank of Major, representative of Intelligence Bureau (IB) not below the rank of Deputy Director, representative of Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) not helow the rank of Majo
India curbs free speech during pandemic
As the latest coronavirus wave ravages India in unprecedented ways, journalists are facing increasing crackdowns and constraints on their freedom of speech. While experts say the pandemic has accelerated official limitations on press across the region, the trend, however, has been consistent over the past years. They are using COVID as an excuse for everything. Journalists are being far more intimidated now than they have been in the past and the pandemic is being used as a cover, Nidhi Razdan, former executive editor of NDTV, told DW.
India was ranked 142nd among 180 countries on the World Press Freedom Index 2021, for a second consecutive year.
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