Newly-appointed Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Tuesday announced disbanding the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA), saying no "black law" that restricted people's constitutional right to freedom of expression would be "enacted or worked upon". "I'm announcing today that the PMDA, in whatever shape or form it was working until now, is now being disbanded," Aurangzeb announced while addressing a presser shortly after taking oath as the information minister. The minister added that her party remained involved with the media during the past four years in its struggle against censorship. According to her, Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar will be reviewing the Peca law of 2016, including all stakeholders in the consultation. On the bill pertaining to the protection of journalists, the newly-appointed information minister said it would be implemented soon.

Source: The Express Tribune April 20, 2022 00:56 UTC