Pak’s Qureshi heckled over media freedom

LONDON: Amidst reports of growing press censorship in Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was heckled by a Canadian journalist here alleging that his social media account was suspended over complaints from the government according to media reports

Updated At : 01:02 PM Jul 13, 2019 IST

Shah Mehmood Qureshi

London, July 12

Amidst reports of growing press censorship in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was heckled by a Canadian journalist here alleging that his social media account was suspended over complaints from the government, according to media reports.

Qureshi was attending a press conference on “Defend Media Freedom” here on Thursday when the incident took place, days after Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) suspended transmission of three private TV channels for airing an interview of jailed former President Asif Ali Zardari.The move came as the Pakistan government decided to curtail the space given by the press to jailed politicians like Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Zardari. — PTI