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TIIE GAZEITL OF PAKISTAN, Exl RA., DECEMBER 4, 2021
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protection of the law against interferencc with hivher home, corespondence,
and
famih.
(2)
The Covemment shall ensu.e that no person, officer. agency or
insrirution unlawfully or arbitrarily inlerfcres with the ri8ht to privacy of any
joumalist, rcporter or media professional and his4rer homc, correspondence
(including etcctronic co.respondences) and family.
(3)
'fhe Covemment shall cnsure that nojoumalist, rcporler or rncdia
professional is forccd, induced, cornpellcd, co€rced or thrcatened for the
disclosure of hiVher sources of infonnation bv anv person, oflic€r. atency,
authoriry or institution save $i(houL due proccss oIlhe law.
(.1) The Colemrrent shali make etlbrts to safeguard thc conlidentiality
of sources, ofjournalists or media professionals.
5.
Itrdepcndence in lhe pcrformstrc€ of duties.- (l) No joumalist
or media profcssional shall be subjected to an.v unlawlul or arbitrary restriclions
on their abilily to perform lhcir work independently, and withoul undue
inlerference.
(2) Any rcstriction on the right to licedom ofexpression ofjoumalists
or medra professionals must be in accordancc witb the €xisting laws, and must
only bc imposed if rt is necessary for respecl ol- the righ6 or reputations of
others. or if such resEiction is lcvicd against material dlat advocatcs nationaL,
racial or religious hatred that constrtulcs incitement to discrimination, hostilily or
violence.
(l)
(i)
(ii)
Any rcstricrion imposed under Scction 5(2) ofthis Act must:
be easily accossiblc to the public;
comply with the pflncrples
ol'
legality, neccssrty
and
proportionaliq; and
(iii) bc formulared with sulficient precision to cnable a .ioumalist,
rcporter or media profcssional to adjust his or hcr conduct
accord in gly.
6. Good frith obligation ofjourrslists .[d mcdia professionals.
l) All joumalists ard media professionals rrrust rcspe.t the rights or rcputrtions
of others and nol produce rnatcrial that advocates national, racial, cthnic,
rcligious. scctarian, ljnguistic. cultural or gendeFbascd hatred, \!hich may
(
conslilute incitcmcnt lo discrimination, hosLilit) or vlolcncc.
(2)
All journalists and Ecdia prof€ssionals must not
engage in the
dissemination o[material known by such an iudividuat to be false or untru€.