Ch.Ahsan Premee
Staff writer,APS
ISLAMABAD : Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman Thursday said taking all stakeholders on board the government was working to amend laws in order to promote freedom of expression. Speaking at a Media Stakeholders Conference, she said PEMRA laws against media have already been withdrawn and more amendments are in the pipeline to ensure freedom of media.A large number of senior journalists, representatives of civil society and office-bearers of newspaper workers’ organizations attended the conference.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and its allies are committed to bringing openness, transparency and accountability in government working, she said.
The government always considers the working community as its strength and would take all possible steps to ensure their welfare, she added.
The Minister stressed that now the Information Ministry would become a facilitator to the media.
Sherry Rehman asked the participants of the conference to give their proposals on how to restructure the existing laws to ensure freedom of expression in the country.
The government would take all possible steps to provide safety to the working journalists including cameramen who perform their duty under risk, she said.
She said a summary for creation of a Fund for Victim Journalists has been sent to the Prime Minister and after his approval it would become operational.
“The Fund is being created to compensate the families of those journalists who lose their lives in the line of duty,” she added.
She assured that all the amendments made in Press and Publication Ordinance last year at the time of imposition of emergency would be removed.
The Minister said the Pakistan People’s Party has always supported the cause of freedom of expression and has fought for it along with the civil society.
The representatives of Columnist of Pakistan(CAP) Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC) urged the government to take steps for early constitution of 8th Wage Board Award.
They also called for linking of official advertisements with implementation of Wage Board Award.
ISLAMABAD : Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman Thursday said taking all stakeholders on board the government was working to amend laws in order to promote freedom of expression. Speaking at a Media Stakeholders Conference, she said PEMRA laws against media have already been withdrawn and more amendments are in the pipeline to ensure freedom of media.A large number of senior journalists, representatives of civil society and office-bearers of newspaper workers’ organizations attended the conference.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and its allies are committed to bringing openness, transparency and accountability in government working, she said.
The government always considers the working community as its strength and would take all possible steps to ensure their welfare, she added.
The Minister stressed that now the Information Ministry would become a facilitator to the media.
Sherry Rehman asked the participants of the conference to give their proposals on how to restructure the existing laws to ensure freedom of expression in the country.
The government would take all possible steps to provide safety to the working journalists including cameramen who perform their duty under risk, she said.
She said a summary for creation of a Fund for Victim Journalists has been sent to the Prime Minister and after his approval it would become operational.
“The Fund is being created to compensate the families of those journalists who lose their lives in the line of duty,” she added.
She assured that all the amendments made in Press and Publication Ordinance last year at the time of imposition of emergency would be removed.
The Minister said the Pakistan People’s Party has always supported the cause of freedom of expression and has fought for it along with the civil society.
The representatives of Columnist of Pakistan(CAP) Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC) urged the government to take steps for early constitution of 8th Wage Board Award.
They also called for linking of official advertisements with implementation of Wage Board Award.
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