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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.
Nida Yasir defends controversial rape interview tactics
People called for a ban on her show last year SAMAA | Samaa Life&Style Editors - Posted: May 24, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 hours ago SAMAA | Samaa Life&Style Editors Posted: May 24, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Morning show host Nida Yasir has defended the way in which she interviewed the parents of a six-year-old rape and murder victim in 2020.
âIt was my mistake,â Nida told BBC Urdu last week. âBut why was I inquiring? I had forgotten that I was a host and that there were so many cameras around. I was being a mother.â
Highlighting lack of press freedom in Pakistan, a Netherlands-based NGO has urged the international community to take actions as journalists, who dare to speak