Published 3 months ago

Behind Pakistan’s civilian government, army tightens its grip on journalists

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RSF has registered many cases of harassment in the past two months. All the journalists concerned had, in one way or another, criticised the army’s role in Pakistani politics. The latest case of violence was on 9 July, when BOL News anchor Sami Ibrahim was attacked by three people.

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Behind Pakistan’s civilian government, army tightens its grip on journalists

After registering nine cases of intimidation of Pakistani journalists by army-related agencies since Shehbaz Sharif took over as prime minister in late April, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) cautions the army high command against further harassment of the media, which would seriously undermine Pakistani democracy.

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