The Pakistani news media is completely free and unfettered, said a plainclothesman sitting in the newsroom of The Dependent on Friday. “There are absolutely no restrictions on the freedom of the press in this country, I guarantee that, as a one hundred percent real, actual journalist,” he said, while sipping tea. “I would like those present to guide me to those who believe otherwise,” he continued. That is the kind of freedom we journalists have in this country.”When asked who he was, the plainclothesman replied, “I am your colleague, of course. We should tell the readers how your memory is a little hazy because you almost fell off the roof of the newsroom and are a bit disturbed right now.”

Source: Pakistan Today January 11, 2019 17:15 UTC