Marriyum Aurangzeb Terms All Media Part Of Her Team

Faizan Hashmi Published February 22, 2017 | 06:05 PM

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Feb, 2017 ) : Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Wednesday that journalists were part of her team irrespective of the fact whether they belonged to official or private media.

In a statement,the minister termed the incident outside the Supreme Court as unfortunate.

The minister said she was striving to settle the matter as early as possible though there were two stances on the incident but can be resolved amicably.

She said that Anusha Rehman was a responsible member of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's cabinet and he fully believes in freedom of expression and independence of media. The minister said that she had given the proposal to settle the matter by sitting together.

The minister said that the government fully believes independence of media as an independent media was pre-requisite for true democracy.