Share:ISLAMABAD - President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday said that digital media has a critical role in narrative building and countering fake news. Launching the National Digital Information Platform for digitalization of the state media organizations at the Pak-China Friendship Center here, Dr. Alvi said that digital media has also a critical role in highlighting Kashmir issue, combating Islamophobia and depicting a true culture of Pakistan. Earlier, speaking on the occasion, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said the government is committed to transform the state media to strengthen the state narrative. The Minister said we have shifted Radio Pakistan to internet and started Radio Pakistan Podcast to provide people quality audio and video contents on a variety of topics. He said Associated Press of Pakistan is being made a digital media news agency at par with the international news agencies.

Source: The Nation August 08, 2021 01:52 UTC