Pakistan Moves To Ease Press Restrictions


	Pakistan Moves To Ease Press Restrictions

Carl Lavin

4-16-2008 1:09 PM

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Musharraf imposed strict limits on the press but voters rejected his politics and his policies. Now a little sun is starting to shine.

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to lift restrictions on the media imposed by President Pervez Musharraf but
say they will be watchful of the new government as well.
</P><P><TABLE width="150" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"><TBODY><TR><TD><CENTER></CENTER></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P><P>"It's a very welcome step towards strengthening freedom of expression,"
Nusrat Javeed, a senior Islamabad journalist, referring to the introduction
of a bill in parliament to ease the media clamp down, told IANS.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14648735"><P>Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman introduced the Pakistan
Electronic Media Authority (Amendment) Bill Friday, the second day of the
first regular session of the National Assembly.
</P><P>Rehman hoped it would soon become a law. She termed the new bill the result
of "a long struggle jointly launched by the media, democratic forces and the
entire nation".</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14648735"><P>"It's a step in the right direction," agreed Mazhar Abbas, the
secretary-general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), but
added, "Much needs to be done".
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