Popular minister

IN Media Watch Briefs | 01/08/2008

When foreign ministers of SAARC nations addressed journalists in Columbo, Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi was a big hit. A People’s Party politician, he told a convention of the South Asia Free Media Association that fighting for 8 years for the revival of democracy in his country had taught him the value of a free press and bodies like SAFMA, which had stood by opposition politicians when the country was under emergency. He said he had urged the Indian foreign minister to prioritise easing visas restrictions for journalists.

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