Re: Musharraf Lets Hounds Loose On Journalists and Lawyers
Good response by our media, fighting back for media freedom that we as a country need :jhanda:
http://www.dawn.com/2008/01/29/nat3.htm
Musharraf asked to apologise for threatening journalist
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Journalists of Rawalpindi and Islamabad took out a procession on Monday to protest President Pervez Musharraf’s remarks against a senior journalist at a function in London.
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in a statement also demanded an apology from the president. “It is most unfortunate that a head of state has incited people to violence, and that too in a foreign country, against journalists,” the statement said.
It said the PFUJ had been advocating tolerance in the society while the president was preaching intolerance and asking people to resort to violence.
“Pakistani journalists do not need a certificate of patriotism from dictators or authoritarian rulers who have no respect for the constitution, judiciary and media,” it said.