Govt to take legal action on fake news about purcahse of vehicles for ministers: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD, Jan 16 (APP): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Monday that it had been decided to take legal action against those who spread fake and fabricated news about purchase of vehicles for federal ministers and advisers.

Using her twitter handle tagging Fact Checker MoIB tweet on the fabricated news of a private news channel, she said it was decided to take legal action against those spreading rumours despite categorical and repeated denials.

The minister requested the media not to present the rumors as news items.