{"id":40468,"date":"2013-07-19T13:28:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T10:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=40468"},"modified":"2013-07-19T13:28:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T10:28:05","slug":"pakistan-pm-favours-softening-of-laws-to-facilitate-india-pak-media-outlets-40468","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/pakistan-pm-favours-softening-of-laws-to-facilitate-india-pak-media-outlets-40468\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan PM favours softening of laws to facilitate India-Pak media outlets"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40469\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40469\" alt=\"Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. File Pic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Nawaz-Pakistan-Nationalturk-19.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Nawaz-Pakistan-Nationalturk-19.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Nawaz-Pakistan-Nationalturk-19-157x220.jpg 157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. File Pic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Pakistan\u2019s newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has proposed softening of laws to facilitate media outlets of the two countries.<\/h1>\n<p>Islamabad, July 19\/Nationalturk &#8211; \u00a0With journalists from India and Pakistan facing tough time in discharging their duties owing to hostile relationship between two countries, Pakistan\u2019s newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has proposed softening of laws to facilitate media outlets of the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Indian TV channel Zee TV Subhash Chandra called on Nawaz Sharif yesterday. \u201cDuring the meeting, Pakistan prime minister said India and Pakistan should soften regulatory regimes to facilitate media outlets and reach out maximum viewers both in India and Pakistan\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called for facilitation and relaxation of laws so that Pakistani channels could be seen in India.<\/p>\n<p>Nawaz highlighted the role of media in bringing people of India and Pakistan closer. \u201cThe media could help in achieving shared goal of peaceful and friendly relations between the two neighboring countries\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Media is most effective tool, shaping perceptions<\/h2>\n<p>Stating that media is the most effective tool for shaping perceptions, he expressed hope that media of both the countries would play constructive role more sensibly to bring people closer and shift the focus towards peace, economic prosperity and well being.<\/p>\n<p>Nawaz Sharif said Pakistan and India possess rich cultural and traditional heritage that is shared by many, on both sides of the divide. \u201cThe media was the most effective tool for shaping perceptions and could effectively be utilised to play its due role\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At present no Indian journalist is in Pakistan and no Pakistani journalist is in India. On occasions India bans Pakistani news channels and Pakistan responds by banning Indian channels.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write your comments and thoughts below<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Faiz Ahmad \/ NationalTurk Pakistan News<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has proposed softening of laws to facilitate media outlets of the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,80,63,1,118,85,101,14],"tags":[55592,55591,55589,2546,55597,43238,1536,44685,636,51659,15732,55596,55595,55590,55594,55593],"class_list":["post-40468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-breaking-news","category-daily","category-general","category-hot","category-media-news","category-politics","category-world","tag-chief-executive-officer","tag-facilitate-media-outlets","tag-hostile-relationship","tag-india","tag-indian-journalist","tag-indian-tv-channel","tag-journalists","tag-nawaz-sharif","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistans-prime-minister","tag-pakistani-journalist","tag-reach-out-maximum-viewers","tag-regulatory-regimes","tag-softening-of-laws","tag-subhash-chandra","tag-zee-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}