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{{Culture of Pakistan}}
'''Mass media in Pakistan''' ({{lang-ur|{{nastaliq|ذرائع ابلاغِ عوامی ، پاکستان}}}}) provides information on [[television]], [[radio]], [[film|cinema]], [[newspaper]]s, and [[magazine]]s in [[Pakistan]]. Pakistan has a vibrant media landscape; among the most dynamic in South Asia and world. Majority of media in Pakistan is privately owned. Pakistan has around 300 privately owned daily newspapers. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (formerly the Federal Bureau of Statistics), they had a combined daily sale of 6.1 million copies in 2009. Television is the main source of news and information for people in Pakistan's towns, cities and large areas of the countryside. Marketing research company Gallup Pakistan, estimated there were 86 million TV viewers in Pakistan in 2009.<ref>{{cite
To a large extent the media enjoys freedom of expression in spite of political pressure and direct bans sometimes administered by political stake holders.<ref name="i-m-s.dk">[http://www.i-m-s.dk/files/publications/1491%20Pakistan.final.web.pdf "Media in Pakistan: Between radicalisation and democratisation in an unfolding conflict"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229205633/http://www.i-m-s.dk/files/publications/1491%20Pakistan.final.web.pdf |date=29 December 2009 }}, International Media Support, July 2009, 56 pages.</ref> Political pressure on media is mostly done indirectly. One tool widely used by the government is to cut off 'unfriendly' media from governmental advertising. Using draconian laws the government has also banned or officially silenced popular television channels. The [[Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority]] (PEMRA) has been used to silence the broadcast media by either suspending licenses or by simply threatening to do so. In addition, media is also threatened by non-state actors involved in the current conflict.<ref name="i-m-s.dk"/> Security situation of the journalist has improved and the number of journalist killed in Pakistan has also declined considerably.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nation.com.pk/01-Nov-2018/26-journalists-killed-in-last-5-years-in-pakistan|title=26 journalists killed in last 5 years in Pakistan|accessdate=1 November 2018|publisher=The Nation}}</ref><ref name="decline">{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/466152-why-pakistan-and-india-coming-down-on-world-press-freedom-index|title=Why Pakistan and India coming down on World Press Freedom Index?|work=The News|date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503035927/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/466152-why-pakistan-and-india-coming-down-on-world-press-freedom-index|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the press freedom in Pakistan continues to decline.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/media-watchdogs-slam-brazen-censorship-pakistan-190710131424680.html|title=Media watchdogs slam 'brazen censorship' by Pakistan|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/05/pakistan-struggles-at-142nd-rank-on-world-press-freedom-index/|title=Pakistan struggles at 142nd rank on World Press Freedom Index {{!}} Samaa Digital|website=Samaa TV|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref>
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