ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has linked critical coverage by the press to potential “treason” in its latest broadside against the country’s beleaguered media. The official account of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) fired off over two dozen tweets in English and Urdu late Tuesday, lambasting the press for criticism, saying it can be deemed “Anti-State”. Expressing Enemy’s Stance is Not Freedom of speech but treason against its people,” read one tweet. “Media houses & journalists must take care that in their quest for criticism on State, they intentionally or unintentionally do not end up propagating enemy’s stance,” read another, with the hashtag JournalismNotAgenda. Among other tweets, the PTI also warned that the media was a “powerful tool of depicting the positive image of our country.

Source: Pakistan Today July 17, 2019 13:18 UTC