PFUJ announce more protest today
By Saad Saud

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) have strongly condemned government failure to withdrawa the two anti-Press Laws, continued ban on private TV news channel GEO and "Press Advice" to those channels which are on air and decided to continue protest with three-days "Protest camps," from Monday and Black Day, on Wednesday, says in a Press Release of the PFUJ on Sunday.
According to the second phase, all the affiliated unions of the PFUJ will set-up protest camps at the Press Club from 1 PM to 5 PM, with the cooperation of other section of the society. on Wednesday, Black Day will be observe during protest meetings will held.
PFUJ has also threatened complete boycott of the coverage of the President, Interim Prime Minister and also the PML(Q), which was hands in gloves with those who were responsible for these laws and ban on tv channels.
The decision in this regard will be taken by the Federal Executive Committee (FEC) and National Executive Committee (NEC) of the APNEC in their three-days meeting which will be held in Islamabad from November 30 to December 2, in Islamabad.
PFUJ said the amendments in the Registration of Printing and Publication Ordinance, RPPO, 2002 and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, PEMRA-2002, were made with mollified intention to gag the Press which followed by ban on private tv channels.
The channels have now been told to suspend some of the popular tv talk shows of different channels on political issues. Those on air are also under constant pressure from the relevant quarters.
PFUJ salute those journalists who were arrested, beaten by the police in Karachi, Lahore, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Peshawar and other cities and said courage showed by them and those in the smaller cities showed journalists of Pakistan will not accept any ban on freedom of expression.
PFUJ also thank International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Committee to Protest Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders, National Union of Journalists and all the bodies for submitting memorandum to Pakistani embassies and sending Mission to Pakistan.
It appeared that government wanted to go into the general elections with "control on private tv channels," which is nothing but pre-rigging attempt to prevent channels which has also exposed the so-called neutral interim set-up, it said.
Interim Prime Minister Mohammad Mian Somroo must withdraw anti-press laws inorder to establish his neutrality. Information Minister Nisar Memon should also play his role in getting rid of these black laws.
PFUJ paid tribute to the journalists community within the country and abroad for responding to the call of the PFUJ, against the black laws and ban on tv channels and thank the civil society, trade unions and political leaders and workers for their support to the journalist struggle.