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Pakistan lawmakers propose law on media terror images

July 01, 2010 00:00:00


ISLAMABAD, June 30 (AFP): Lawmakers in Pakistan have proposed a code of conduct for Pakistan's electronic media to restrict their graphic coverage of militants' terror attacks, a government spokeswoman said Wednesday.
If approved by the National Assembly, the new code will also repeal "draconian" laws imposed on the media by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, the spokeswoman said.
Presidential spokeswoman Farahnaz Ispahani said the code was not an attempt to control the Pakistan's fiercely independent electronic media, and would be similar to one "practised all over the world."

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