LAHORE: Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has urged the Indian journalists to support journalistic freedom and free flow of information, which is in the interest of democracy.
In a letter, written to Ajit Kumar Bhattacharya, President, Editors Guild of India, in the context of ban on receiving Pakistan Television programmes in India, Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors, President Arif Nizami said that they fought for freedom of the press and added that ban on Pakistan Television programmes was matter of shock for the journalist community in Pakistan.
He requested Bhattacharya to take up the issue with Indian government. Nizami further said, “I am happy to say that Indian Televisions viewing in Pakistan despite what perceived to be its one- sided reporting of events in occupied Kashmir, has not so far been subjected to any ban.” APP
Source: The News
Date:6/5/1999