"Don’t cover Imran Khan’s PTI: Pakistan’s media told to censor popular ex-PM"

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Don’t cover Imran Khan’s PTI: Pakistan’s media told to censor popular ex-PM​

Several journalists say they have been asked to impose near-blanket ban on the political party’s coverage ahead of February 8 elections.

But the name of the sender of that message on Tuesday morning caught his attention and he immediately picked up his phone. It was an official who belonged to the country’s powerful military, which has directly ruled over Pakistan for more than three decades of its 75-year existence as a constitutional republic and has controlled most levers of power, from behind the scenes, even when civilian governments have been in office.

“Basically, the person pointed out some of our election coverage and said we must not use the flags of PTI or mention their affiliation with candidates backed by the party. It instructed us to clearly identify the candidates only as ‘independent’ and not show which party they were related to,” Mehmood told Al Jazeera.
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Don’t cover Imran Khan’s PTI: Pakistan’s media told to censor popular ex-PM

Several journalists say they have been asked to impose near-blanket ban on party’s coverage ahead of February 8 polls.

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