Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday rejected the International Media Watchdog report that included Imran Khan’s Prime Minister in the list of 37 worst rulers in the world when it comes to press freedom.
The reaction of anger from the Khan government came in response to a report Monday entitled: “Gallery of Predator Freedom Press – Old Tyran, two women and Europe,” was released by Paris-based journalists without limits.
According to the group, “the Brazilian sensor case was Legion because Khan became the prime minister” after parliamentary elections in 2018.
It was said during the Khan government, the distribution of newspapers was cut off, media outlets were threatened by withdrawal of advertising signals and TV channels jammed.
“Journalists who cross the red line have been threatened, kidnapped, and tortured,” said Watchdog Media.
The Ministry of Information on Pakistan in a statement on Tuesday rejected the accusation, said the Khan government believed in “freedom of expression and independence media.” In a statement, the ministry said it was surprising that journalists without borders “jumped to the conclusion” that the media in Pakistan was under the steps of the Draconia sensor by the Khan government.
It is said that the government has “took all possible steps to create a pleasant environment for journalists to carry out their professional obligations.” “It seems that the report that (reporter without borders) has published is an effort to slander the selected representative of the people of Pakistan, without defobative evidence,” the ministry said.
The ministry said hoping that the supervisor in the future would avoid irresponsible journalism.
” Critics said Pakistan had long been a deadly place for journalists.
In 2020, he was ranked ninth on the committee to protect the journalist’s annual global impunity index, which assessed the countries where journalists were killed regularly and their killers were free.
Although Pakistan said it would support freedom of speech, the right activist often accused the Pakistani military and institutions that harassed and attacked journalists.