Newspaper offices and their printing houses in all provinces are taking precautionary measures during the long lockdown from the corona outbreak, while news outlets are working with extremely low attendance of staff. In the name of verifying circulation of the newspapers, such raids tantamount to harass the media. This was stated at an emergent meeting of CPNE office bearers and chairmen of provincial committees through a video link chaired by CPNE President Arif Nizami. The recent government raids on newspapers office and printing presses were discussed in detail. Hence the recent series of raids on the printing press should be stopped immediately.

Source: Pakistan Today August 03, 2020 14:15 UTC