ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf government has responded over the newsreports that the first lady, Bushra Imran was excepting a child.
The special assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Iftikhar Durranirejected the news as being ‘fake’ and asked the media outlets to apologize.
In its report, the Urdu newspaper Daily Ummat claimed that the first ladyof Pakistan, Bushra Imran was expecting a child with Prime Minister ImranKhan.
PM Imran has decided to keep it a secret and that he would announce thenews at an appropriate time, stated the report.
The recently launched Official Twitter handle of Ministry of Informationand Broadcasting for debunking FakeNews stated that fabricating andspreading the completely baseless news was a malicious activity and inviolation of journalistic ethics and code of conduct.
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‘Such behavior is highly condemnable. It is the collective responsibilityof social media users to discourage and reject all such elements,’ thestatement added.
Durani condemned the fake news about the first lady being spread by anewspaper and warned about legal consequences if it did not apologize overthe dissemination of fake news.
