Pakistan media organisations representing journalists, broadcasters, editors and news directors have rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authorit
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June 1, 2021
All the representative media organizations on Tuesday totally rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority Ordinance and termed the concept as an unconstitutional and draconian law aimed against freedom of press and expression and step towards imposing the state control to regulate the establishment as well as operation of all segments of media.
A joint meeting of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ-Barna, PFUJ-Dastoor and the Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AEMEND) was of the unanimous opinion that the proposed PMDA is intended to hinder media freedoms and ta