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A journalists' union has sought to know from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan his position on free speech after his Special Assistant on Information Shehbaz Gill announced that the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government would control all the current affairs programmes on TV news channels.Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) said in a statement that the journalists' body expressed grave concern over the statement of Gill in which he openly announced that the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government would control all the current affairs programmes on TV news channels and would even finalise the list of guests.Terming it a fascist tendency, PFUJ's president Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary-General Nasir Zaidi in a statement strongly condemned these remarks and demanded of Imran Khan to clarify his position over the statement of Gill.The union leaders stated that the freedom of the press and the freedom of expression is a fundamental human right that is guaranteed by the Constitution. "In addition to that Pakistan is a signatory of international treaties and conventions on press freedom and freedom of expression. "We would like to know if the Prime Minister will adhere to such treaties or not."The leaders observed that since PTI came to power, the media has been under tremendous pressure. "There has been a phenomenal surge in the incidents of editorial dictations, censorship, press advice, arm twisting of journalists, content control, and use of advertisement as a tool of blackmailing media houses," the statement added.The union leaders said on the one hand the government asks Pakistanis to improve the image of the country but on the other hand "elements like Gill are doing no service to the country by hurling veiled threats at media persons by openly expressing government's intention of muzzling the media."Imran Khan's PTI party has found itself on the back foot on the proposed digital regulation draft after a strong protest by the media and journalist community calling for a struggle to preserve free speech.While the Imran Khan government is mulling curbs on content on social media platforms, mainstream journalists are adamant not to allow such restrictions as they believe electronic media is already subjected to over-regulation, reported The News International.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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