Firdous, Malik ask media persons to constitute a committee to solve their problems
ISLAMABD, Sep 12 (APP): Federal Ministers for Information and Broadcasting and Interior advised media persons on Monday to constitute a committee for redressal of their issues. Speaking to media persons who had staged walkout from press gallery of the National Assembly, the ministers assured them that the government them in their efforts to resolve the problemsbeing faced by them. Both the ministers suggested to the media persons to set up a committee comprising the representatives of media organizations for ensuring resolution of various issues confronting them. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan assured that the Ministry of Information would take up the issues confronting media persons with Interior Ministry and every effort would be made to solve them.
She said that it would also be ensured that no political group or any individual take any step against freedom of expression.
The information minister referred to incidents of violence against media persons and said that the government would not tolerate it as this amounted to attack on freedom of expression.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik also assured full support of the government and his ministry to help media persons in their efforts to solve their problems .
Earlier, the media persons staged a walkout from the press gallery of the National Assembly in support of journalists who were subjected to violence in various parts of the country.
They also protested against sacking of media persons by some media organisations.