{"id":12679,"date":"2021-06-29T10:47:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T10:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=12679"},"modified":"2021-10-29T23:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T18:41:09","slug":"info-ministry-pays-rs-700-mln-to-media-houses-fawad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/info-ministry-pays-rs-700-mln-to-media-houses-fawad\/","title":{"rendered":"Info ministry pays Rs 700 mln to media houses: Fawad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD,  Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Tuesday said that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has completed the payment of Rs700 million to the media houses as per the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan for clearing outstanding dues of media organisations.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet he said, the amount was outstanding for a long time and the payments to media houses have helped mitigate the financial woes of media workers.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the 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