| GEO Pakistan | | Media to be hit first if democracy derailed: PFUJ | Updated at: 0318 PST, Saturday, February 28, 2009
 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) expressing concern over the political turmoil in the country, has said that the media will be hit first if the democracy gets derailed.
PFUJ in its statement today expressed its disappointment on the decision of Sharif brothers disqualification and imposition of Governor rule in Punjab province.
It said after very long time journalism saw the dawn of freedom and expressed fear that if the democracy was dismantled its very first victim will be the media.
The nation cannot tolerate another attack on the freedom of press and if it happens PFUJ will come out hard against it, the statement further said.
PFUJ has appealed to the democratic forces to have a deeper political vision in the current political crisis. |  |
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