Pakistan, June 27 -- President Arif Alvi has refreshed his resolve to motivate the media to create awareness about issues like women empowerment. During a meeting with a delegation of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors, he gave the impression that he believes that the print media is more serious about these issues than the electronic media. He also asked for fake news to be stopped at all costs. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Information Firdous Ashiq Awan, also present on the occasion, endorsed his views.
Seldom has the president's resolve for the empowerment of women through mass media been too visible. It was not until 2002 when the then president Pervez Musharraf unlocked the potential of electronic media that women started ge...