WITH the new government setting about swiftly dismantling its predecessor’s information policy, the sword hanging over the media’s head seems a little less menacing.... Ms Aurangzeb further said that the Digital Media Wing set up by the PTI government to disseminate official information on social media platforms would also be shuttered.... But let there be no mistake — the PML-N has been no champion of free speech either....

THE provincial PTI chief in Balochistan, Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind, has called for the establishment of a truth commission on the Reko Diq fiasco before closing a new deal on the gold and copper mining project.... The demand came days after Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo’s government had organised an in camera briefing for the provincial lawmakers to update them on different aspects of the issue.... After all, the people deserve to know who is responsible for this debacle....

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