Sindh govt bans officers to appear in media talks, TV shows.

KARACHI -- The Sindh government has imposed a ban on officers especially from police department to appear in media talks and television shows, citing sources, media reported on Thursday.

The provincial authorities have issued a notification which was sent to 11 government departments including police forces. According to the notification, sindh govt officers and civil servants have been restricted to interact with media and appear in any television talk show before getting permission from the higher authorities. Sindh govt will take legal action against those violating the law, the notification added. In November, it emerged that the federal government was considering to impose a complete ban on use of social media by government servants during work hours. This was told by National Information Technology Board (NITB) officials during a meeting of National Assembly (NA) standing committee on Information and technology. It was said that not only the use of social media applications or...

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