On the eve of the Press Freedom Day, former president and Pakistan Peoples Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has called for an early adoption of the Right to Information law, lying in limbo since long despite being adopted unanimously by the Senate Information Committee. He has also called for an early finalisation of the code of conduct that balances the right to information and the right of citizens - a code respected by all and implemented with the force of law.
"The fact that the RTI legislation has been finalised by the Senate Committee almost a year ago but the government, despite promises, has not tabled it in the Parliament, raises serious questions about the intent and motives of the government," he said.
"The party is also deeply concerned about the impunity with which crimes against media persons have been committed and calls for effective institutional mechanism for protection of media persons as well as bringing the perpetrators of crimes against them to justice. Freedom of the media is a foundational pillar of democracy, transparency and accountability that must not be allowed to be weakened because of the impunity of crimes against media persons," he said.-PR
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