Pakistani government orchestrates hate campaign against woman journalist

NewsReporters 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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