Press Freedom Day: Govt to uphold media freedom, says Zardari

Adds government believes in providing genuine access to information for the sake of transparency and accountability.

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday said the government and the Pakistan Peoples Party are committed to upholding media freedom in the country. In a statement to mark the Press Freedom Day, the President said the liberalization of media in Pakistan owed a great deal to the struggle of journalists and the support given by the PPP, whether in the government or in opposition. He said the government believed in providing genuine access to information for the sake of transparency and accountability.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 3^rd, 2012.