Federal Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb has said that Imran Riaz is not a journalist, he is a spokesperson of a political party.
Our government believes in freedom of press. A video of an informal conversation with Maryam Aurangzeb was shared on Twitter by British journalist Iskandar Kirmani.
In the video, the journalist questioned that journalists are disappearing in Pakistan, they are being detained. Your government is responsible for this.
Maryam Aurangzeb asked the journalist to tell me the name of a journalist who has gone missing, been shot or kidnapped, to which the British journalist named Imran Riaz.
The federal minister called Imran Riaz the spokesperson of the political party and said that we have to differentiate between journalists and spokespersons of the political party.
A journalist who represents political parties should not be mixed with journalists. Cases against Imran Riaz are pending in the courts.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan Criticizing him, he said that Imran Khan was given the title of media predator by the World Journalism Organization during his tenure.
During Imran Khan’s tenure, journalists were arrested, their voices were silenced, while the media freedom index has improved by 7 levels in the Shahbaz government. The British journalist then asked whether a journalist is good or bad, what do you think about his disappearance because according to the police, Imran Riaz is not in their custody.
In response, Maryam Aurangzeb said that if anyone is missing, be it myself or Imran Riaz, I condemn it. All the TV channels are working now, all the anchors are working at their will. The level has improved.
The British journalist then asked whether a journalist is good or bad, what do you think about his disappearance because according to the police, Imran Riaz is not in their custody. In response, Maryam Aurangzeb said that if anyone is missing, be it myself or Imran Riaz, I condemn it. All the TV channels are working now, all the anchors are working at their will.
The level has improved. The British journalist then asked whether a journalist is good or bad, what do you think about his disappearance because according to the police, Imran Riaz is not in their custody.
In response, Maryam Aurangzeb said that if anyone is missing, be it myself or Imran Riaz, I condemn it. All the TV channels are working now, all the anchors are working at their will.
