Pakistan's erosion of press freedom poses challenge for PM Sharif

Experts urge new leader to reverse slide down RSF ranking for sake of democracy

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Pakistan ranks 157th out of 180 countries in RSF's latest press freedom index. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- A decline in Pakistan's press freedom ranking has highlighted looming threats to its democracy and focused attention on whether the new government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will reverse the tide.

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