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MAY 03, 2012
PPP and Government committed to upholding media freedom: President Zardari
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said that the government and the Pakistan Peoples Party were committed to upholding freedom of the media and a cursory glance at the state of the media today would endorse the claim of the government. He said this in a statement issued on May 2, 2012 to mark the Press Freedom Day that would be observed on May 3, 2012. The PPP has always supported media freedom and liberalization of media in Pakistan owed a great deal to the struggle of the journalists and support given to it by the PPP, whether in government or in opposition. The President said that it was the government of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto which, for the first time, lifted restrictions on import of newsprint quota and allowed its free import. Before her, the newsprint quota was traditionally employed as a tool to force the newspaper owners to toe the line. He added that she was also a pioneer of cable news in Pakistan.
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