Restrictions on freedom of speech undermine Pakistans image, ability to progress

Restrictions on freedom of speech undermine Pakistan’s image, ability to progress: US

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the US government is aware of the curbs on media outlets and civil society in Pakistan and such restrictions on freedom of speech undermine the country’s image and ability to progress.

The senior US official’s statement came in response to a question from a Pakistani journalist during a press briefing on World Press Freedom Day. These practices [of curbing free media], he cautioned, undermined freedom of expression.

Here is the glimpse of Press freedom to Hamid Mir.

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