Federal Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani said on Tuesday that some politicians are directly supporting terrorism and they would be exposed very soon. He told this to a delegation of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and Bara Press Club here. RIUJ President Afzal Butt was leading the delegation. Durrani said it was not only the government that is facing terrorism threats, but the media is also not free from such intimidation. The entire nation must unite against terrorism, he said. He said the government is providing full protection to journalists of NWFP and the Tribal Areas. “If we want to effectively root out terrorist and extremist tendencies from our social fabric, the media will have to come forward with a plan to form an alliance against this menace,” he added.
According to Online, Durrani said it is a credit to the present government that it has provided full freedom of expression to the media. He said all illegal FM channels in the Tribal Areas would soon be banned. Muhammad Ali Durrani said the government has prepared a comprehensive strategy plan for the NWFP and Tribal Areas. The government has also increased the number of law enforcing agencies in NWFP, he added.