Pakistan journalists' union proclaims national protest against legislation curbing press freedom in Punjab

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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has referred to as for a national protest on Monday towards the adoption of the controversial Punjab meeting Privilege bill 2021, which envisages award of punishment to journalists over the e-book of experiences concerning the complaints of the meeting and its committees.

The name become given by PFUJ president Shahzada Zulfiqar and secretary-well-known Nasir Zaidi via a press release wherein they asked all union of journalists (UJs) to organise rallies and hoist black flags at press clubs to protest towards the "brutal" piece of legislation, stated first light.

The union argued that the bill would undermine the liberty of the press by using awarding three-month imprisonment or a high-quality of Rs 10,000, or both, for publishing any report on the complaints or a record of a committee before it was pronounced to the assembly.

The PFUJ has condemned what it called the insulting medication received via journalists in Quetta with the aid of the police and the "fascist tactics" employed via the Balochistan provincial executive to avoid the media from protecting a press convention of opposition leaders in the metropolis, morning time reported.

Zulfiqar and Zaidi noted that "sledgehammer tactics" in opposition t the journalists would now not be tolerated at any can charge and referred to as upon the Balochistan govt to take steps towards the "undemocratic action".

various journalist companies and unions from Pakistan have introduced a rally outside the Governor condominium within the Punjab province on Friday to protest in opposition t the controversial bill, calling it 'anti-democratic'.

The invoice has the aid of all of the executive and opposition parties - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

Freedom of the clicking has long been a proble m in Pakistan however the situation has deteriorated markedly beneath Imran Khan, who has pushed aside allegations of assaults on the Pakistani press as a "shaggy dog story".

The overseas Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has ranked Pakistan the fifth most unhealthy area for the observe of journalism, with 138 media folks there having misplaced their lives in the line of responsibility between 1990 and 2020. (ANI)