This combo photo shows Prime Minister Imran Khan and Indian PM Narendra Modi. Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb has claimed that the latest report of the Reporters Without Borders is a charge-sheet against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government.
In a statement on Monday, she said Imran Khan’s alleged “authoritarian attitude” and character was defiling Pakistan’s image abroad.
Ms Aurangzeb said the global community had unequivocally condemned the government’s suppression of the freedom of expression.
“The report says that the PTI government is worse than military dictatorships in Pakistan when it comes to press freedom. The Human Rights Watch, Pakistan Press Freedom Report and Freedom Network Report had already declared the Imran government as the worst media gagging administration in the history of the country,” she said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Amit Dave/Reuters
Global media watchdog Reporters Sans Frontières has named Prime Minister Narendra Modi in its list of 37 heads of states who massively cracked down on press freedom. The watchdog labelled them as “press freedom predators”.
Apart from Modi, this year’s list featured North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán were the new entrants to the list.
Modi has been on Reporters Sans Frontières’ “press freedom predators” gallery ever since he took office in 2014.
Brazil s Bolsonaro implicated in alleged graft scheme: report
Brazil s President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, June 29, 2021. REUTERS
Reuters, Rio De Janeiro
Reuters, Rio De Janeiro
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was involved in a scheme to skim salaries of his aides while he was a federal deputy, website UOL reported on Monday, citing what it said were audios of his former sister-in-law explaining his role in the alleged racket.
The scheme, known locally as rachadinha, involves hiring close associates as employees and then receiving a cut of their public salaries back from them.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was involved in a scheme to skim salaries of his aides while he was a federal deputy, website UOL has reported.
It cited what it said were audios of his former sister-in-law explaining his role in the alleged racket.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
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The scheme, known locally as rachadinha, involves hiring close associates as employees and then receiving a cut of their public salaries back from them.
Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors have formally pressed charges against federal Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the president s eldest son, over his alleged participation in a similar racket when he was a state lawmaker.