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Summary Arrests and registration of cases against mediamen is hallmark of Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif.
There is a long history of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-L) revenge tactics against print and electronic media. Sanctins, arrests and registration of cases against mediamen is trademark of PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif.State machinery, including Income Tax Department, FIA, Police and National Accountability Bureau, was used to suppress the voice of a newspaper when PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif was prime minister. But all these revenge tactics failed.A renowned journalist was also abducted from his house during Nawaz Sharif tenure as PM but once again he failed in his bid against freedom of the press.PML moved a resolution in the Punjab Assembly against journalists when Shahbaz Sharif was chief minister. The journalist community across the country condemned this resolution and staged countrywide protests forcing PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif to take back this resolution.The revenge tactics of Punjab government under PML-N continues and this time they have targeted Dunya News but they will fail again in their nefarious designs.
