ISLAMABAD, May 03 Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Monday said that the government of Pakistan was striving to promote independent and responsible journalism.
In a tweet marking World Press Freedom Day, the minister said that this year the government would bring new projects for journalists especially young journalists and introducing latest media technologies was also on the agenda.
Fawad Hussain paid tributes to those journalists who sacrificed their lives while performing their professional duties. He said that telling the truth was the most difficult task in history and journalists around the world have done their part to speak the truth.
آزادی صحافت کے عالمی دن پر میں ان صحافیوں کو خراج تحسین پیش کرنا چاہتا ہوں جنہوں نے فرائض کی ادائیگی میں جان تک دے دی، سچ بولنا تاریخ کا سب سے مشکل کام ہے اور دنیا بھر میں صحافیوں نے جان پر کھیل کر سچ بولنے کا فرض ادا کیا ہے، #PressFreedom
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) May 3, 2021
