ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a conference, held on Wednesday on the challenges being faced by the country and the role of the media in this regard, stressed upon the national institutions to remain in their respective domains in order to avoid confrontation. The speakers said the media had always played its role in promoting democracy but it should also highlight the achievements of democratic governments. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) chief Fazalur Rehman said that politics and journalism were interlinked, adding journalism flourished only in a democracy while in a dictatorship it was strangulated. She said that the PPP had always practiced politics of ideology, and its leadership was alive in history. Office bearers of CPNE, including Sardar Mehtab Khan, Shaheen Qureshi, Ikram Sehgal, and Zia Shahid, also spoke on the occasion.

Source: Pakistan Today February 21, 2018 19:18 UTC