Bilawal slams PTI govt for clampdown on media, vows to be their voice

LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Monday that the ruling PTI government had launched a sustained attack on the media after assuming power.

The PPP chairman, while addressing a press conference in Lahore, said he would give voice to suppressed journalists and look out for their interests. 

Bilawal said that a rise in censorship not only affects an average political worker, but also the journalist fraternity. 

“This [censorship] isn’t only for journalists — it is also for cameramen, producers, media house owners […] This suppression is also against bloggers, and those youngsters who post on Twitter,” he continued.

The PPP chairman said that the 'politics of vengeance' seems to be touching a peak in Pakistan.

“We will not accept any ‘Naya Pakistan’ where there is no freedom of speech,” he said.

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