Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said that the issue of fake news is serious and legislation against it is being done all over the world. Speaking to the journalists outside Parliament House, the minister said that legislation against fake news would be done in Pakistan with the consultation of all stakeholders. To a question about Pandora Papers, Fawad said that a meeting will be held shortly to decide about process on the issue of Pandora Papers. He said Prime Minister Imran Khan has already announced that the government would investigate all Pakistani citizens mentioned in the Pandora Papers and take appropriate action, if any wrongdoing is established. Last month, Fawad had stressed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government firmly believes in fundamental, democratic and constitutional rights of freedom of expression and wants to take all stakeholders on board to create consensus on the draft of PMDA.

Source: Pakistan Today October 04, 2021 17:15 UTC