Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari has condemned baton charge and arrests of journalists in Islamabad and Lahore and termed these incidents as last nail in the coffin of press freedom in Pakistan by the undemocratic regime. He said the undemocratic regime has lost all moral grounds to cling on to power. Leader of the Opposition in Senate Mian Raza Rabbani has denounced beating of journalists in front of the Parliament House on Tuesday. He said it had exposed the real face of the rulers who claimed day in and day out "Enlightened Moderation, tolerance and good governance.
"The PPP condemns this barbaric act perpetrated on press corps of the federal capital," he said in a statement here on Tuesday.
Raza Rabbani urged the human rights' bodies and members of the public to raise their voice against this new wave of state tyranny. The Party would support the journalists in their just struggle for their rights and for ensuring media freedom, he said. The PPP leader also demanded the immediate release of detained journalists.
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