Govt fully believes in press freedom: Shibli.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz Sunday said the government fully believed in press freedom, rejecting the reports that the media was being pressurized in the country.

He made these remarks on his twitter account while rubbishing a senior journalist's claim about barring a media house from airing a humoristic television show on its channel.

Shibli Faraz said he stood by his statement, given to the British Broadcasting Corporation Urdu, that the media was completely free and playing active role in...