Parties' commitment to press freedom sought ahead of elections
ISLAMABAD: Ahead of the general elections in Pakistan — which are scheduled to take place at the end of January 2024 — major media organisations Tuesday called on the key...
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ISLAMABAD: Ahead of the general elections in Pakistan — which are scheduled to take place at the end of January 2024 — major media organisations Tuesday called on the key...
Seeks parties' “commitment to defending press freedom if they are elected to national and provincial parliaments".
ISLAMABAD: As the general elections approach, media organisations in Pakistan Tuesday launched an appeal to the key mainstream and regional political parties involved in the election campaign to commit to concrete measures in favour of press freedom. Pakistan's leading press clubs, national and provincial unions of journalists, Paris-based global media watchdog organisation Reporters Without Borders
As the situation of journalists in Pakistan worsens in the run-up to the general elections, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and several defenders of journalism are launching a crucial appeal to the Pakistani political parties involved in the election campaign to commit to concrete measures in favour of press freedom.
Report: (Irfan Athar Mangi) Pakistan is considered among the countries that are considered dangerous and unsafe for journalists in terms of restrictions on expression. In Pakistan, journalists are killed even while performing their duties and it becomes difficult for the heirs of such slain journalists to get justice. According to Freedom Network's 'Annual Impunity Report'