Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Pakistan on the safety of (a) domestic and (b) foreign journalists in that country.

The UK is a champion of media freedom and a proud member of the Media Freedom Coalition. The British High Commission in Islamabad regularly raises media freedom and the protection of journalists with the Government of Pakistan at a senior level. On 23 January, the UK's Political Counsellor in Islamabad raised these issues with Muhammad Saleem Baig, Chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority.