Pakistan's Human Rights Commission and journalists' bodies have raised concern over a 13-month ban on government advertisements to the Dawn Media Group, calling it economic coercion, an attack on press freedom, and urging the government to restore free, independent and responsible journalism
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 12 (ANI): Ahead of the general elections in Pakistan on July 25, the military has been accused of assaulting the freedom of the press, thereby threatening people's chances for "free and fair" elections in the country.