Fazl backs journalists against controversial PECA Act
Pakistan
Fazlur Rehman said government should not make conduct rules for journalists
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman announced full support for journalists against the controversial PECA Act.
Addressing the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists gathering in Islamabad, Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that this law is actually weak.
The JUI chief said that he always said that the government should not make a code of conduct for journalists, but rather give this task to them. If the government makes a code of conduct for the media, it will keep its objectives in it. A few months ago, the evil act was committed in the name of the 26th Amendment. We fought against it.
He said that in the name of a constitutional amendment, such legislation is being enacted that is against the constitution. When they could not get their way, an attempt was made to divide the PTI and the JUI. We have kept the opposition together with mutual trust and are moving forward.
