"Fake News Spreads Only When Real News is Censored" Senior Journalist Mazhar Abbas
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00:00Look, whether it is Bhatnav or PFUJ or Joint Action Committee, Zaheer, or the policy making body, whatever they do
00:10In my personal opinion, this law is not being taken back
00:17Look, if we fall into the trap of this amendment, then remember that you will be a loser
00:24Because when the Press and Publication Ordinance was implemented, we consistently demanded it to be abolished for 23 years
00:34Because we could see why the Press and Publication Ordinance was implemented
00:39This PECA is not an amendment. If you want to improve anything, withdraw this law
00:47Sit down and discuss a draft for proper legislation
00:53They will remove 4 things from it and do 1-2-3 minor things
00:58After that, they will keep you on board
01:03But when that time comes, we will discuss it
01:06We have fought the whole war on the streets, so I don't think we should go into those things
01:12Look, the problem is this
01:14Look, you are in power, PFUJ is in power, Joint Action Committee
01:20Remember the past
01:22Amendments didn't work in the past
01:25You had to abolish the Press and Publication Ordinance in 1986
01:30I am telling you again, withdraw PECA 2016
01:34We have been doing this
01:36But the problem is that everyone has contributed to this
01:39PECA was brought by the PMLN
01:41Then Khan Sahib's government came
01:43Do you remember, Fawad Chaudhary Sahib tried to make a lot of things strict
01:47The authority was becoming very scary
01:49Then Presidential Act Ordinance came in 2022
01:52Things were added to that as well
01:54Then the government came in 1989 and did all the work
01:57The problem is that
01:59Interestingly, the chairman of the Interior Ministry's Standing Committee was from PTI
02:06Now the issue is
02:08I just want to ask you
02:11In such a hurry, the way this law was passed
02:15And the way it was passed in a hurry
02:18Despite everyone's objections
02:20There must be a reason for it
02:22The reason is not so small
02:24Because of which we will say
02:26And they will back off
02:28We will repeal it and sit down again
02:31So I am thinking
02:33Are we going towards a standoff
02:36Where the entire media will be on one side
02:38And the government will be on one side
02:42Isn't it, Mazhar?
02:44Look, sir, I don't know what the government has to say about the government
02:50Because the way the law was brought in
02:52And the way it was brought in through the Interior Ministry
02:54Tell me, what is the position of the Ministry of Information
02:57That it was brought in through the Ministry of Interior
03:00All these things, master
03:02Remember, this law
03:05Was brought in to spread fake news
03:08And this is why the dissenting voice is being killed
03:12The dissenting voice is being killed
03:15Because the fake news that the government will spread
03:20Will be all fake news
03:23Remember that fake news
03:25Spreads when the real news is banned
03:30The news that is banned
03:33Actually, the news is the same
03:35Because someone or the other is worried about that news
03:38Someone or the other is restless about that news
03:41And that is why such laws are made
03:44When there will be a ban
03:46When you will not be able to speak
03:48When the master will not be able to speak
03:50Then what will spread after that?
03:53Only what the government will spread
03:56Let's take a break here
03:58We will talk about this after the break