Pakistan has seen a rapid decline in media freedom over the last two years which is regarded as one of the darkest periods for the national media in decades by many Pakistani media stakeholders and senior journalists. Before holding the public office and even after coming into power, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan accused previous governments of using media as a tool to hide their corruption. He claimed that journalists and anchorpersons are fed by the government to run “planted” shows in the past. Furthermore, PM Imran Khan said that corrupt governments will always want to restrict free, independent, and responsible media and hinder the free flow of information in the country. However, media reports have revealed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government itself is often criticized for trying to silence the media. According to the 2019 Amnesty International report, PTI government authorities had intensified their crackdown on the right to freedom of expression. Read also: Politics & Marketing On the other hand, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has recently announced the formation of the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) in a bid to expand the boundaries of regulation for digital media and merge multiple media regulatory bodies … Continue reading PMDA an Unjust Monopoly – Is this PM Khan’s Agenda?