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Question about journalists' foreign visits remains unanswered in National Assembly

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 23 February 2016

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Question about journalists' foreign visits remains unanswered in National Assembly
The National Assembly is under scrutiny for not addressing questions regarding the journalists accompanying the prime minister on trips abroad. The inquiries were initially posed in February but remain unanswered.

ISLAMABAD: A question twice asked about journalists who have accompanied the prime minister on his foreign visits has remained unanswered in the National Assembly. The question was first asked on February 12 by Syed Waseem Hussain, a MQM legislator, who wanted to know “names of journalists of print and electronic media who accompanied the prime minister during official visits abroad during the year 2013-14”. He also inquired about the “criteria adopted for selection of those journalists.” Ten days later, on February 22, the same question came up again during the Question Hour in the National Assembly but still there was no reply.

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Key Points

  • MQM legislator Syed Waseem Hussain asked about journalists on foreign trips.
  • Questions were first raised on February 12 and repeated on February 22.
  • No reply has been provided by the National Assembly regarding the inquiries.
  • The inquiries include criteria for selecting journalists for trips.
  • Focus on transparency in the government's engagement with the press.

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