ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) hasissued show-cause notice to two TV Channels for running Fake News againstFinance Minister Asad Umar.
Show cause notice were issued to *ARY News* and *Bol News* for airing newsitems regarding a reshuffle in the federal cabinet and change in theportfolios of some federal ministers, it emerged on Tuesday.
The two media outlets had aired the news on Monday morning about a possiblereshuffle in the posts for Minister for Finance and Minister of State forInterior held by Asad Umar and Shehryar Afridi, respectively.
In the notice sent to the chief executive officer of M/s ARY CommunicationsPvt. Ltd. (*ARY News*), Pemra stated that the TV channel had aired breakingnews on the morning of April 15 “about shuffling in federal cabinet andchange in portfolios of five federal ministers”.
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Similarly, the authority in its notice to M/s Labbaik Pvt. Ltd. (*Bol News*)notice said the channel had run tickers reporting a change in the cabinetas well.
“This news turned out to be ‘Fake’ as Federal Minister for Information andBroadcasting [Fawad Chaudhry], immediately rebutted any such news,” thePemra notice to both the broadcasters said.
