ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has rejected the Pakistan Media Development Authority Ordinance 2021.
Regarding the Media Ordinance, PPP Vice President Sherry Rehman said that the government was trying to put pressure on the media through the ordinance and the ban on the media was reprehensible and would be strongly opposed.
He said that the preparation of the ordinance after the passage of the Journalist Protection Bill is a double standard of the government while international organizations have also expressed concern over censorship in the country.
The PPP leader said that according to the report, Pakistan is the 5th most dangerous country in the world for journalists and according to Freedom Network Pakistan, there were 148 attacks on journalists in a year.
He said that most attacks on journalists were taking place in Islamabad and Pakistan had slipped from 139th to 145th in two years in the Press Freedom Index.
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