PESHAWAR: The participants of a seminar have demanded of the federal government to legislate for ensuring freedom of press, protection of rights of journalists and financial support to sacked media persons.
The seminar titled ‘Freedom of press and resolution of media crisis’ was arranged by Khyber Union of Journalists at Peshawar Press Club on Wednesday.
People belonging to different walks of life including Supreme Court Bar Association president Abdul Lateef Afridi, Provincial Minister Shaukat Yousufzai, Jamaat-i-Islami provincial chief Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists president Shahzada Zulfiqar, PFUJ general secretary Nasir Zaidi, PPP provincial senior vice president Syed Ayub Shah, JUI-F provincial spokesman Abdul Jalil Jan, Qaumi Watan Party senior vice president Tariq Ahmad Khan, Khyber Union of Journalists president Fida Khattak, general secretary Mohammad Naeem, Peshawar Press Club president M Riaz, MPA Inayatullah Khan and Dr Zakir Shah