Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Monday that some media houses were claiming fake news as their right.


On his official twitter account, the minister said that some media house owners were telling their employees to take bonus along with their salary and quit the job.
“How could the law of protection of ordinary media workers could and heavy fines against fake news be against freedom of media,” he asked.
The minister further questioned, “How can false news be a fundamental right”.
چند میڈیا مالکان فیک نیوز کو اپنا حق قرار دے رہےہیں اور اپنے ملازمین کو کہ رہے ہیں تنخواہ کے ساتھ بونس بھی لیں اور سڑک پر نظر آئیں، عام میڈیا ورکر کو تحفظ اور فیک نیوز کے خلاف بھاری جرمانہ یہ قانون صحافت کے کیسے خلاف ہے؟ جھوٹی خبر کیسے بنیادی حق ہو سکتا ہے؟
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) September 13, 2021
WhatsApp introduces new feature to show how many people are typing in group chats
- 12 hours ago

Emergency vaccination reduced deaths by nearly 60% during epidemics, study finds
- 12 hours ago

PTI expels five lawmakers for defying party policy
- 9 hours ago
Rawalpindi to Multan bus meets accident; 5 in critical condition
- 14 hours ago
Karachi police bust betel nut smuggling hidden in cement sacks
- 10 hours ago

High risk near rivers as Tarbela spillways open today
- 13 hours ago
Kim Jong-un offers full support to Russia in Ukraine war
- 11 hours ago

Sindh police give 10-day deadline to personnel to quit gutka, mawa use
- 12 hours ago
Iran confirms assassination attempt on President Pezeshkian amid Israeli airstrikes
- 14 hours ago

Wildlife force deployed as no-bird zones enforced near Lahore airport
- 14 hours ago
Frontier Constabulary to become countrywide force under new ordinance
- 10 hours ago

Indian drone strike kills 3 separatist leaders in Myanmar
- 9 hours ago