Paris: An international media watchdog report, released earlier this week, has listed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on a list of the world’s 37 worst rulers in the area of press freedom.
The report titled “Press freedom predators gallery – old tyrants, two women and a European”, lays bare how the military and intelligence of the country plays a major role in curbing press freedom in the country.
According to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Pakistani military has reasserted the “deep state over civilian power.”
Under Khan’s active support, the report said that the military establishment concentrates on suppressing all forms of independent journalism.
The report goes on to state that journalists who cross the red lines have been threatened, abducted and tortured.