Islamabad
“The newly established government has inherited multifarious challenges such as food and energy crisis, unemployment and inflation resulting from the inefficiency, and imprudent policies of the previous regime. The new government has the vision and policies for the relief and economic uplift of the masses. All it needs is time and support to resolve these complex and long-standing issues of public concern.” These observations were made by Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ms. Sherry Rehman, during a meeting with Mr. Tom Garrett, Regional Director of Middle East & North Africa of the International Republican Institute (IRI), who called on the Minister in Islamabad today.
The Minister said that we have ensured maximum freedom of media in the country and a bill has been tabled in the National Assembly to remove black media laws. “In order to ensure transparency and accountability, the media would be given free access to the meetings of standing committees of the Parliament”, the Minister added.
Mr. Tom Garrett appreciated the vision of the new democratic government and hoped that its policies would solve the hardships of the common man. He termed the establishment of democratic government as a welcome step and said that it would further strengthen democratic institutions in Pakistan.
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