ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP): Kashmir Editors Guild taking a
serious view of the continued snapping of internet broadband to
the media in Indian occupied Kashmir, has said that the objective
of the ban is aimed at subverting an institution and preventing it
from recording the history of the most crucial period.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the KEG in a statement
issued after an emergency meeting in Srinagar said, snapping of
the internet services has become more frequent.
The KEG conveyed to the puppet authorities that internet was
not a luxury but a basic requirement of life in general and media
in particular.
“It is a tragedy of democracy in Kashmir that in the 21st
century, the media in Kashmir is being pushed to broadband begging
when it is being considered as a fundamental right of individuals
in most parts of the world,” the statement read.
For the last two days, the KEG said, it has spoken to almost
everybody who matters in the territory.
“Every time, we were assured of the service being restored
to media but it did not happen.
KEG considers the frequent snapping of the service as an
informal gag as most of the time that media spends in news
gathering was consumed in knocking at different doors in the
government to restore the service,” the statement added.