Tarar says
ISLAMABAD
Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National Heritage and Culture Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday said that stern action would taken against elements involved in digital terrorism to harass and target journalists through social media.
“Attempts are being made to harm the children of journalists by sharing their families’ details and their addresses,” the minister said while addressing a press conference on Tuesday.
The minister stated in categorical terms that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting with the collaboration of the Ministry of Interior will take stern action against those involved in a campaign against the journalists.
He said that the objective of the malicious campaign was to harm journalists and their families and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) had also strongly condemned online harassment of journalists. Threatening and targeting the journalists and their families was a highly condemnable act and not a single culprit would be spared, the minister assured.
Castigating the PTI leadership, he said that they ran away from D Chowk leaving their party workers. He said that the question arises as to why the PTI leaders escaped from the Blue Area.
