Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the violent smear and hate campaign that members of Pakistan’s ruling party are waging on social media at the government’s instigation against a well-known columnist with the BBC’s Urdu-language service. This campaign is an unacceptable violation of press freedom, RSF’s says.
The week-old campaign against Asma Shirazi, who writes a weekly column for BBC Urdu, is being conducted by online supporters of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) –
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