ISLAMABAD
\nMinister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Thursday said the government fully believed in freedom of expression.
\nIn a congratulatory message to the newly elected office bearers of Lahore Press Club, he said along with freedom of expression, there was a need to promote responsible journalism in the country.
\nThe protection of working journalists has been the top priority of the government, said Chaudhry Fawad. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), he said, was committed to providing healthcare facilities to journalists.
\nThe minister said Sehat Insaf cards will be provided to the journalist community on priority basis. \u201cWe will continue to make every effort to solve the collective and individual problems of journalists\u201d, said Chaudhry Fawad.
\n\u201cWe are pursuing a transparent and sustainable policy to solve the problems being faced by the media industry,\u201d he said. Journalists highlight the problems of the society, the government played its role in solving the problems only on the indication of the media, the minister said.
\nHe hoped that the newly elected leaders of journalists would play a positive role in solving the problems of their profession and fellow journalists.
\nThe minister congratulated Azam Chaudhry on election as President, Sulaiman Qureshi and Nasira Atiq on their election as Vice Presidents, Abdul Majeed Sajid as Secretary, Salik Nawaz as Joint Secretary, Shiraz Hasnat as Finance Secretary and members of the newly elected governing body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Thursday said the government fully believed in freedom of expression. In a congratulatory message to the newly elected office bearers of Lahore Press Club, he said along with freedom of expression, there was a need to promote responsible journalism in the country. The protection of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-238579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-fawad"},"yoast_head":"\n