HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A number of media outlets have stopped functioning, laying off their employees in western Herat province due to unfavourable market conditions.
Civil society organisations and media organisation owners have expressed their concern over recent curbs imposed on them and journalists. They asked the Information Ministry to allow journalists and media organisations to work independently.
Bashir Ali, Istiqlal TV owner in Herat province, said private media outlets faced a variety of challenges -- work limitations, financial crisis. In the presence of such circumstances, he said, media outlets would not be able to operate meaningfully.
He added: “Media outlets play . . .
