Lahore, 2nd May: President of Electronic Media Reporters Association (EMRA) Mohammad Asif Butt and EMRA Secretary Saleem Sheikh released a message on World Press Freedom Day. Tomorrow is a day to pay tribute to the services of journalists around the world, including in Pakistan. May 3 is a World Press Freedom Day, which aims to raise awareness of the importance of press freedom and to remind governments around the world that they should respect freedom of expression which is given under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights or Charter. In his message, EMRA President Muhammad Asif Butt said that a wave of nationalist governments has taken place in countries all over the world including Pakistan. And the first target of such governments is the media. He added that If we look at the time, the situation of freedom of the press in the world has not improved but has deteriorated. And all over the world, there is less space for free media or what is called traditional media or legal media. While the field of media has expanded as a whole because now social media has started to include itself in the same category. Muhammad Asif … Continue reading EMRA President shares a heartfelt message ahead of World Press Freedom Day