Amid the charged political environment, representatives of different civil society organisations held a consultation to reflect on the challenges ahead of general elections, and shared concerns about the shrinking space for freedom of expression in the country.

"Increasing interference in the electoral process which is anti-democratic and the onslaught on the independent press is also a matter of grave concern. These attacks and this kind of interference we have never witnessed before on such a large scale in the political history of the country." — PILER director Karamat Ali

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