Haqeeqi Azadi cannot be achieved without a free media & freedom of speech as guaranteed in our Constitution: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD, August 14 (SABAH): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan says he wants to warn the nation of an unprecedented crackdown campaign by Imported government and State machinery against media houses and journalists who are carrying PTI and his my narrative to the public.

In a statement issued on twitter on Sunday, Imran Khan said that two journalists, Arshad Sharif and Sabir Shakir, have had to leave Pak fearing for their lives. He said that others like Imran Riaz, Sami Ibrahim, Ayaz Amir have suffered threats, violent attacks and arrest.

“In my mass public campaign across Pak from next week, I will take up issue of media freedom & freedom of expression. If we allow these terror tactics, designed simply to target PTI & myself, to succeed, then we will be returning to the dark days of dictatorship when there was no independent media & no room for freedom of expression” Imran Khan said.

Imran Khan said that Haqeeqi Azadi cannot be achieved without a free media and freedom of speech as guaranteed in our Constitution.