{"id":77723,"date":"2023-05-05T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=77723"},"modified":"2023-05-05T02:16:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T21:16:01","slug":"pakistans-ranking-improves-by-seven-places-in-world-press-freedom-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/pakistans-ranking-improves-by-seven-places-in-world-press-freedom-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s ranking improves by seven places in World Press Freedom Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, May 4 (APP): Pakistan&#8217;s ranking improved by seven places in the 2023 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) as the country was placed at 150th position among 180 countries.<\/p>\n<p>While citing the reason for the improvement in Pakistan&#8217;s position from 157 in 2022 to 150 this year, RSF noted that Pakistan achieved the improved ranking because, after the change of government in 2022, constraints on the media were loosened.<\/p>\n<p>It is a significant achievement as compared to last year when Pakistan came down to 157 in 2022 from its ranking of 145 in 2021 and the then prime minister Imran Khan was declared a press freedom predator along with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n<p>This year India&#8217;s position on the Press Freedom Index further worsened as it dropped from 150 last year to 161 in 2023, losing 11 points.<\/p>\n<p>Citing reasons for slip in the ranking of India, RSF stated, \u201cThe violence against journalists, the politically partisan media and the concentration of media ownership all demonstrate that press freedom is in crisis in \u2018the world\u2019s largest democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The RSF report further noted that Modi has an army of supporters \u201cwho track down all online reporting regarded as critical of the government and wage horrific harassment campaigns against the sources. 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