Pakistan tightens media censorship
From the Blog mehmal*Two interviews of Opposition leaders were taken off air, another one was cancelled at the last minute* In recent weeks, Pakistan has seen interviews of two high-profile Opposition leaders being taken off air, raising fears of growing censorship of media by the government. After former President Asif Ali Zardari's interview went off-air from Geo News earlier this month, an interview with Maryam Nawaz, leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Hum News met with the same fate last week. Journalist Nadeem Malik, who interviewed Ms. Nawaz, tweeted that he "just came to know [that] @MaryamNSharif interview has been stopped forcefully just few minutes after it started Live". He telecast the interview on his Twitter and YouTupakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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