The speakers vowed to take “every possible measure” for solving media workers’ problems. Ali Ahmed Kurd, a former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, presided over the proceedings. Representatives of political parties, bar councils, office-bearers of the Quetta Press Club and the Balochistan Editors Council assured the PFUJ of all-out support in its struggle for betterment of the media industry. Addressing the seminar, provincial Minister for Sports and Culture Abdul Khaliq Hazara underlined the importance of press freedom, but stressed that freedom should not be used to divide society through hate speech. “Only through a free press the goal of progress can be achieved as it ensures transparency,” he said.