ISLAMABAD, AUG 30 (DNA) – – The newly elected Pakistani government will ease restrictions and limitations on visas for foreign journalist and will have a much more relaxed visa policy than the previous regime, the Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said this in a media interview.

Fawad Chaudhry, he would announce the new liberal visa regime soon. “It is ridiculous to close your country to media,” the minister said.

The government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf plans to facilitate journalists to project a soft image for the country, the information minister said.

Mr Chaudhry said he had spoken with the concerned quarters about a liberal visa regime and found them receptive to the idea. He said the government would also ensure that journalists do not face intimidation and harassment.
Mr Chaudhry, who has a go-getter, dynamic reputation, however, seemed optimistic that the discord between the civil and military sides that refined the past government will not surface in the current government’s tenure.

“The civil and military sides are on the same page and reading from the same book,” he said.
The federal information minister also said that Prime Minister Imran Khan would soon start giving interviews to both print and electronic media.

“The former prime minister hardly gave any interviews,” he said, referring to the now-jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. =DNA
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