Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday said that the improvement of Pakistan in global media freedom index was a manifestation of the fact that Pakistan’s direction was correct and the government had intentions to improve it further.
Expressing her gratitude over Pakistan’s improvement of 7 ranks in the world ranking of press freedom, she said in a statement that the era of media-bashing, kidnapping, shooting, rib-breaking, accusing media persons of selling loyalties and dirty character assassination campaigns was slowly ending, which was also being acknowledged globally.
“Efforts are being made to remove the stigma of ‘media predator’ on Pakistan’s forehead”, she said while referring to Imran’s era.
The minister said that that four-year mess of ‘Imran Media Predator’ was gradually being cleared with the grace of Allah Almighty.
She congratulated the Pakistani nation and the media that Pakistan was improving in the media index at global level. “It is gratifying to see progress in media in one year under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif”, she maintained. She thanked to Allah for bringing positive improvement in media freedom index after getting out of FATF’s gray list.
Marriyum Aurangzeb saluted the journalists and media organizations who struggled for the freedom of expression and journalism, faced hardships and oppression. She vowed that this journey of improvement would continue in their cooperation.
