FILE PHOTO: Firdous Ashiq Awan (L), Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Information and Broadcasting, speaks as reporters take notes during a meeting with the press in Karachi, Pakistan July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani opposition parties have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of intimidating broadcasters into a blackout on television coverage of his critics, after several TV channels were briefly taken off-air and opposition protests and news conferences passed unreported.
Khan denies censoring the media, describing such accusations as "a joke" during a visit to Washington this month, but relations with the press and broadcasters have become increasingly strained since he took office nearly a year ago.
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