Pakistan restricts international media reporting
Local elections are under way, which protesters are boycotting.
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- ▪ Pakistani authorities ban international media from reporting in most of country — The Guardian — World
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Pakistan restricts international media reportingImage source, EPAImage caption, Recent tensions in Kashmir have led to demonstrations, and police crackdowns, like this one in Lahore ByCaroline DaviesPakistan correspondent, Reporting fromIslamabadPublished20 minutes agoPakistani authorities have imposed new restrictions on international media reporting in the country in a move that has drawn sharp criticism from journalist organisations.Anyone working for foreign media, including Pakistani nationals, must now seek permission to report from anywhere except the cities of Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore.The restrictions would leave on-the-ground reporting by foreign media at the discretion and timing of the authorities across most of Pakistan, which currently ranks 153 out of 180 on the World…
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