Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman on Thursday said that the government has not blocked entry of media persons into the federal ministries and attached departments. Sherry Rehman said this while contradicting reports regarding restrictions on journalists' entry into the federal ministries' offices.
She said that the Ministry of Interior has issued no notification to such effect. The minister said media is one of our links to the general public and their issues. "How can we close the doors of our offices to them, when, being an elected government, we look at the media as our partners for strengthening a democratic order in the country."
"Let me state clearly that our government would never move to bar journalists from carrying out their jobs and fulfil their responsibilities in any part of the country. In fact, we are here to facilitate the media for their work," Sherry Rehman said. Sherry asked media to contact the officials at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting if they are being stopped from performing their duties.