{"id":10279,"date":"2021-05-16T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T09:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pakistanpressfoundation.org\/?p=101605"},"modified":"2021-05-16T14:23:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T09:23:00","slug":"journalist-protection-bill-to-be-tabled-in-national-assembly-on-monday-fawad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/journalist-protection-bill-to-be-tabled-in-national-assembly-on-monday-fawad\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Protection Bill to be tabled in National Assembly on Monday: Fawad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Sunday said the Journalist Protection Bill would be introduced in the National Assembly on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minister took to Twitter to announce the finalisation of the draft bill and its enactment schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a tweet, he said, \u201cThanks to Almighty Allah, it is a great success for the working journalists, it took two and a half years for preparing the Bill but now finally the legislation is underway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minister also extended his gratitude to Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen M Mazari. \u201cThanks a lot to Dr Shireen Mazari for her concerted and arduous efforts for formulation of the Bill,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n