Media has critical role, responsibility: PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the media has a critical role and responsibility in society as it acts as a catalyst over different issues.

Premier Imran was referring to the PML-N and the PPP, who were at each other’s throats when they were in power, and had now united when the PTI was in power, saying that the opposition leaders were causing a huge damage to the motherland and eroding the moral values of society.

Addressing a huge gathering in Dargai, he opined that wars had not effaced societies, but the erosion of moral values led to their destruction and when a society failed to differentiate between the good and the evil.

The prime minister said fight against evil was vital for the survival of a society.

The prime minister without naming Opposition Leader in NA Shehbaz Sharif, said a person donning a hat and suits had criticised him for saying “absolutely not” to the US over drone attacks.

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He said that he had strongly objected to the EU ambassadors’ letter over Russian-Ukraine war.

Comparing his firm stance over the country’s sovereignty with that of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, he said that a criminal and liar sitting in London, had bowed before such pressures as he had fears for his amassed wealth stashed away in the foreign banks.

The prime minister said that he had neither bowed before anyone nor would let the nation do it.

He said in the US-led war, Pakistan had lost 80,000 lives, the tribal areas were devastated as about 3.5 million people were displaced and the country’s economy suffered a hefty loss worth billions of dollars.

The prime minister reiterated that Pakistan would be a partner in peace efforts but would not be a partner in war.