Various journalists are protesting across the country to denounce the prevailing censorship in Pakistan along with other difficulties faced by the journalistic community.<\/p>\n
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Various journalists are protesting across the country to denounce the prevailing censorship in Pakistan along with other difficulties faced by the journalistic community.<\/p>\n
In the recent past, working journalists have faced layoffs, delayed wages, budget cuts, censuring and etc. To protest against the curtain falling on the media industry as a whole, journalists took to the streets under the leadership of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ).<\/p>\n
Dawn quotes Afzal But, president of PFUJ, saying that the rallies are only the \u201cbeginning of a protest movement\u201d.<\/p>\n
Senior Journalist Hamid Mir tweeted a picture where other seasoned journalists were seen holding a black flag to denounce censorship.<\/p>\n
As per reports, powerful quarters across the country are able to quash critical coverage while the incumbent government has slashed advertising budgets, which were a primary source of revenue for private media enterprises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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