June 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday said he has decided to convene a meeting of the committee to take up the issue of press freedom in the country with particular reference to the recent attacks on journalists in the federal capital.
He announced this while talking to reporters after visiting the residence of journalist Asad Ali Toor, who had been attacked by some unidentified persons last week.
Mr Bhutto-Zardari, who visited the journalist’s residence to express solidarity with him as the chairman of the PPP, said his party would never tolerate assault on press freedom.