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Fawad congratulates journalists on passing of Journalist Protection Act by Senate

Senate passes Journalist Protection Act

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has congratulated the working journalists on the passing of the Journalist Protection Act by the Senate.

Taking to Twitter on Friday, the federal minister said: “Congratulations to working journalists. Today, the Journalist Protection Act was also passed by the Senate.”

Fawad Chaudhry said: “For the first time, the Bill will provide the working journalists the rights that are granted to media men only in developed societies.”

This law is an expression of connection of the Imran Khan’s government with the journalistic freedom, he further said.

The information minister thanked Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari for working hard to translate his idea into reality.

He said that the law will play a key role in changing the lives of working journalists.

Meanwhile, Shireen Mazari said that President Arif Alvi will soon sign the bill into law.

She said that the bill had already been approved by the National Assembly.

 

 

 

 

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