[MoMC] Media Policy

Day 2,338, 22:43 Published in Pakistan Pakistan by Rider of Darkness
Citizens of ePakistan,
As you all know have been appointed as Minister of Media and Culture. I have worked last week on developing a media policy. Regardless of whom I support or who I envy, media should be an independent institution free from political influence and as Minister of Media and Culture I am going to promote the free and unbiased media. In-order to do this I have decided introduce ePakistan Media Policy.



ePakistan Media Policy
DEFINATIONS
1. Ministry refers to “Ministry of Media and Culture”
2. Minister refers to “Minister of Media and Culture”
3. Ruling Party refers to “The Party of the Elected President”
THE POLICY
1. Minister of Media and Culture will be in-charge of Ministry of Media and act as liaison between the people of ePakistan and Government.

2. Ministry will be responsible for presenting the government’s point of view from time to time to people of ePakistan and will also communicate the issues raised by the general public.

3. Ministry will have three operational departments. Each Operational department will be headed by Secretary whose powers will be equal to that of a Deputy Minister.

4. The Operational Departments will be as follows
- Information Department.
- Communication Department.
- Cultural Department

5. Secretary Information will responsible for :
- Disseminating information to public in regards to government actions.
- Information department will also provide any information to government that he seems relevant to the affairs of the government.
- Secretary Information should on regular basis be in-touch with other government departments, foreign government officials and ambassadors

6. Secretary Communication will be responsible for:
- Communication Secretary will interact with the public and will present the requests, complaints and suggestions of the public to Minister. Minister will present such requests, complaints and suggestions given by the public to the cabinet.
- Communication department main role is bridge the gap between the government and the citizens. Secretary communication will be responsible of keeping track of all the complaints , requests and suggestions and update the citizen the in regards to the progress on such complaints, requests and suggestions
- Communication Department will also be responsible for organizing Cabinet Meetings, National Meetings and other events that allow the citizens to communicate with those in government.

7. Secretary Cultural Affairs will be responsible for:
- Secretary Cultural department will be responsible for promoting positive media activity by writing, articles of cultural and historical importance as well as promoting patriotism among the citizens.

8. Procedure of appointing Secretaries:
- Secretaries will be appointed by Minister for a term of 2 months.
- Secretary Information shall be from the ruling party at the time of first appointment
- Secretary Communication shall be selected from the opposition parties.
- Secretary Cultural Affairs will be appointed from a public vote for those who they deem fit and enjoy reading in media. Only individuals who do not hold a public office can be suggested by Citizens of ePakistan
- Minister can fire the secretary at any time however reasons should be reasonable.

In the end I would like the honourable party presidents to nominate one man from their party for these positions I will be creating a thread with Party Presidents of both leading parties.

Regards
Ahsan Shahbaz
Minister of Media and Culture