Watch your language
July 27, 2021
While campaigning for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections, Prime Minister Imran Khan made a fiery speech against his opponents. There is no doubt that free speech is one of the basic characteristics of democratic societies, but there’s a thin line between ‘free speech’ and ‘ridiculing other people’. A prime minister is the head of a country. He is above political affiliations and politics of revenge. He or she has a higher role and an even higher cause – the cause of a leader, a role model and a mentor. When the PM starts speaking informally, the sanctity of the PM office is compromised. The PM is requested to think before he speaks. He must realise that he is currently representing the whole nation.
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The Punjab Privileges (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the provincial assembly for removal of the anti-journalists clauses by PML-Q’s Sajid Bhatti. APP/File
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday amended the recently passed law that had recommended jail terms for journalists for reporting things that may violate privileges of the assembly members.
The Punjab Privileges (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the provincial assembly for removal of the anti-journalists clauses by PML-Q’s Sajid Bhatti, who was also one of the movers of the controversial bill, and was unanimously passed by the house.
Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, who was presiding over the sitting, said that by amending the controversial law all reservations of the journalist community stood removed.
The Punjab Privileges (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the provincial assembly for removal of the anti-journalists clauses by PML-Q’s Sajid Bhatti. APP/File
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday amended the recently passed law that had recommended jail terms for journalists for reporting things that may violate privileges of the assembly members.
The Punjab Privileges (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the provincial assembly for removal of the anti-journalists clauses by PML-Q’s Sajid Bhatti, who was also one of the movers of the controversial bill, and was unanimously passed by the house.
Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, who was presiding over the sitting, said that by amending the controversial law all reservations of the journalist community stood removed.