PR No. 173 CLARIFICATION NO CURBS ON RELEASE OF ADVERTISEMENTS Islamabad: September 26, 2018

A spokesman of the Government of Pakistan has dispelled the impression created in a section of the media that a High Level Committee constituted by the Prime Minister of Pakistan to oversee content of advertisements/campaigns had curbed the release of advertisements by the Federal Government as well as Provincial Governments of KPK, Sindh and Balochistan. The Spokesman clarified that no such instructions have been issued to the Federal Government or the Provincial Governments regarding release of advertisements since the mandate of the Oversight Committee is limited to content of advertisements/ campaigns only. The Spokesman recalled that the committee was constituted by the Prime Minister after the release of TV commercial by the Government of Punjab depicting some prominent leaders of Pashtoon Tahaffuz Movement in a negative light. The Federal Government and the Provincial Governments continue to release advertisement as usual, the spokesman emphasized. *****

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