Re: Fate of Free Press
The current government has not done any better to curb voice of media,
*Sending bullets to journalists *Taking channels off air for hours and hours *Banning BBC broadcast from local FM radio *Pemra and the famous Pemra ordinance
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*Sending bullets to journalists
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How can one ever be sure who was behind these incidents; it could be an individual or a group. Why the whole govt?
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*Taking channels off air for hours and hours
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Atleast 50% of the cases were over illegal airing, expired licenses, airing prior to grant of licenses i think, it was regularly in the news.
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*Banning BBC broadcast from local FM radio
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FM 103,a good station. It was all over the news last year, even BBC itself had approached last year as they were airing the service without permission.
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*Pemra and the famous Pemra ordinance
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A govt has a right to such...