MCM101 Assignment NO.1 2020 Question No.1 Being a media person, do you think media in Pakistan has always been controlled by the government or it has more freedom compared to western media? Discuss by giving three examples. Answer: The government has actively denied any involvement with censoring the press. Speaking at the Washington-based United States Institute of Peace in July last year, Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been criticized for ramping up censorship, denied accusations of curbing press freedom. The media in Pakistan is not just free, but sometimes out of control,” the prime minister said, hinting that the country needed internal media regulation. The Pakistani media are regarded as among the freest in Asia but are targeted by extremist groups, Islamist organizations, and state intelligence agencies, all of which are on RSF’s list of Predators of Press Freedom. Throughout the past two years and even in 2020 international organizations, working for press freedom, have ex...