MUZAFFARABAD (Online): Newly elected members of AJK Legislative Assembly (LA) including 32 from PML-N, 3 each from PPP, Muslim conference and 2 from PTI have taken oath
Khalid Ibrahim, president Jammu-Kashmir PPP excused to be administered oath by speaker AJK LA Sardar Ghulam Sadiq.
Journalist community has voiced strong protest over preventing private media by PML-N from entering into AJK Legislative Assembly on the occasion of oath taking ceremony of the ministers of newly elected PML-N led government.
Only PTV was allowed for undertaking coverage of the ceremony. The journalists strongly protested against it and announced to boycott the assembly session completely.
Journalists organization media watch Jammu and Kashmir international while denouncing such steps by PML-N said that PML-N has proved by preventing journalists from entering into assembly that it can stop media from doing its job. No one will be allowed to ambush on freedom of expression.
The organization demanded of Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif and information minister Pervez Rashid to take immediate notice of banning journalists’ entry into assembly otherwise the journalists will stage protest all over AJK.
