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ISLAMABAD: Former president of Pakistan and President Pakistan People\u2019s Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P), Asif Ali Zardari said that the PPP will continue to support the freedom of press.<\/p>\n

In his message on the World Press Freedom Day, Zardari said that Quaid-e-Awam Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a supporter of freedom of expression. He taught the common people how to voice their views by giving them political consciousness.<\/p>\n

He said that Benazir Bhutto freed the print media from the paper quota because in the past, governments used the paper quota as a weapon to restrict the freedom of the press.<\/p>\n

The former president paid tribute to the heroes of press freedom who were flogged and imprisoned during the martial law era.<\/p>\n

Zardari said that today, the means of spreading information continue to progress through technological advancements. He said that the 1973 Constitution protects the freedom of expression.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0 Business Recorder<\/a><\/p>

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