Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has strongly condemned the spread of fake news about the appointment of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf’s lawmaker Maleeka Bokhari as chairperson Benazir Income Support Program (BISP).
In a tweet, the minister said that without affecting the freedom of social media there is a need to take strict action against such fake news.
A series of Fake notifications and news is systematically spread on social media, it started from a media dinner picture and now there is a series of such rubbish. Without effecting freedom on SM we need to take strict action against fake news. https://t.co/QRaQYBreRm
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) October 1, 2018
The minister also tagged tweet of Maleeka Bokhari in which she has categorically refuted her appointment as chairperson Benazir Income Support Program.