Babar Ayaz believes it is. I don’t know that I am convinced quite yet that the Press Council of Pakistan Ordinance is the solution to the problem of media ethics. But I am certainly convinced that something needs to be done. Pakistan’s media is finally free – but it still fails too often to be fair and factual. With this mindset, Babar Ayaz raises the question that anyone who reads this blog (or any blog or news website that is critical of media) has been asking for years: If media is bold enough to criticise government, why can’t it conduct a little self-criticism.

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