Web Desk(ISLAMABAD): Imran Khan, a former prime minister, has denounced what he called a government onslaught on journalists and media outlets who support Pakistan Tehreek-i-viewpoint. Insaf’s
On Sunday, Mr. Khan tweeted, “I want to warn our nation about an unprecedented crackdown campaign by the imported administration and state machinery against media houses and journalists who are bringing PTI and my story to the public. Arshad Sharif and Sabir Shakir, two journalists, were forced to flee Pakistan out of fear for their lives.
In later tweets, he claimed that others had experienced threats, violent attacks, and arrests, including Imran Riaz Khan, Sami Ibrahim, and Ayaz Amir.
“I will address the topic of media freedom and freedom of expression in my nationwide public campaign beginning the next week. We shall go back to the dark times of the dictatorship when there was no independent media and no opportunity for freedom of expression if we allow these terror methods, which are just intended to attack PTI and me, to prevail.
He claimed that without a free press and the right to free speech as protected by the Constitution, haqeeqi azadi (true freedom) could not be attained.
Fawad Chaudhry, a former leader of the PTI, claimed on Sunday that despite receiving 750 million rupees from the government to celebrate Independence Day, the communications ministry “still failed to conduct remarkable events.”
Young officers were given the assignment by the PTI government, and they worked hard to create a fantastic strategy. I’m curious as to why [the present government] disregarded their recommendations, he wrote on Twitter.
