{"id":17977,"date":"2021-09-07T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=17977"},"modified":"2021-09-07T21:23:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T16:23:50","slug":"govt-introducing-pmda-to-deal-with-fake-news-fawad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/govt-introducing-pmda-to-deal-with-fake-news-fawad\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt introducing PMDA to deal with \u2018fake news\u2019: Fawad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad \u2013 September 7 (Online): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has said the government is bringing Pakistan Media Development Authority to deal with the issues of fake news.<br \/>\nIn a tweet Tuesday, Fawad said Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed <\/p>\n<p>Bajwa while addressing the Defence and Martyrs&#8217; Day ceremony also declared fake news and disinformation a threat to national security. He said the very analysis of the Army Chief is based on facts and reality.<br \/>\nThe Information Minister said the biggest threat to media freedom is from yellow journalism.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Chairman of National Assembly\u2019s standing committee for information and broadcasting Javed Latif rejected the proposed bill saying \u2018government has itself disowned the bill\u2019<br \/>\nTalking to media in Islamabad on Tuesday, Javed Latif said that government has dis-associated itself from proposed media authority bill. \u201cMinisters buzz in our ears that this is not their bill\u201d he claimed, asking \u201cthen government should clarify who wants to control media?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Javed Latif said that those who refer Jinnah\u2019s sayings should also act upon them. \u201cYou cannot control freedom of speech by pressing the switch\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Talking about the proposed media authority bill, he said that National Assembly\u2019s standing committee would never pass the bill. 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