• Thursday, March 28, 2024

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Watchdog condemns disruption in distribution of Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper

By: Sarwar Alam

International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the disruption in distribution of Pakistan’s oldest newspaper Dawn after it published an interview suggesting that Pakistani militants were behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The comments by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif sparked a firestorm at home and in India. Sharif approached what is seen as a red line in the country by touching on criticism of Pakistan’s armed forces, especially their alleged use of proxies in India. RSF said distribution of the country’s leading English-language newspaper had been restricted in much of the country. “The interview, which reportedly displeased the…

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