Daily Times June 2, 2021 All the representative media organizations on Tuesday rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) Ordinance and termed the concept as an unconstitutional and draconian law aimed against freedom of press and expression and a 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 take control over the media by the top information bureaucracy.