Concocted scandal can not affect reputation of Shahbaz Gill: Fawad

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP):Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Thursday said a concocted scandal could not affect the reputation of Special Assistant to the PM on Political Communications Dr Shahbaz Gill.

The minister, in a tweet, said unfortunately there were lack of journalistic standards as well as no check on the fake news in the country.

زبردستی کا اسکینڈل @SHABAZGIL کو متاثر نہیں کر سکتا اس ملک میں نہ کوئ صحافتی معیار ہے نہ ہی کوئ فیک نیوز پر چیک جب دل کرے کسی پر کچھ بھی چھاپ دو نہ کوئ پوچھنے والا نہ کوئ قانون اور قانون بناؤ تو آزادی متاثر ہو گئ۔۔۔ ایک شرمناک نظام بس چلا جا رہا ہے

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 31, 2022

The fake news phenomenon particularly was unbridled in the absence of any law to question misreporting.

Any effort to check the fake news was misconstrued as an attack on the press freedom, he added.