Sherry Rehman has reportedly resigned.
According to sources, Sherry resigned due to differences over the media policy of the government. The news came at a time when a high level meeting was underway at the Aiwan-e-Sadr with President Asif Ali Zardari in chair. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Interior Advisor Rehman Malik and Sherry Rehman were present in the meeting.
According to sources, Sherry resigned due to differences over the media policy of the government. The news came at a time when a high level meeting was underway at the Aiwan-e-Sadr with President Asif Ali Zardari in chair. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Interior Advisor Rehman Malik and Sherry Rehman were present in the meeting.
Pakistan’s Information Minister Sherry Rehman resigned following differences over government’s handling of the electronic media and insistence by President Asif Zardari and his close aides to impose further restrictions on private news channels.Rehman was against the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)’s blocking of a private TV channel without taking her into confidence.
Highly placed sources said that Rehman had a series of heated arguments with senior members of the government when some television channels were “penalised” for airing what were perceived as anti-government views during the lawyers’ Long March. They said that when Rehman failed to persuade Zardari and other members of his team and was cornered by some members who even blamed for her failure to ‘control’ the media, she decided to quit the coveted post of Information Minister.
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