Tag: fake news

ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication on Wednesday called for strict action against spreading of fake news on social media and...

CENTRAL: Chinese tanks at the border? False. Photo of a protester biting off a policeman's finger? Misleading. In polarised Hong Kong, a fake news...

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday announced that a committee of the Ministry of...

A video showing stacks of foreign currency, claiming to have been found in Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani’s house by officials of the National...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday released a video slamming fake news and highlighting the achievements of the government in its first five months in...

Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday said that the draft for the new media regulatory authority -- Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PMRA)...

ISLAMABAD: The spread of false medical information and news can create barriers between people and better healthcare. Getty Images Sleeping with raw, sliced onions in...

Multiple Facebook posts have shared a photo which claims to show Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry half naked and morbidly obese. The claim is false,...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday underscored the need for putting in place a robust mechanism to effectively check misuse of social media in...

LONDON/DUBAI: Arabic-language website alawatanews.com published a report that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had been forced out of power. Citing the official Saudi Press...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry rebutted news that Prime Minister Imran Khan had given orders to probe corruption allegations against three...

BRASILIA: Facebook Inc’s popular messaging service WhatsApp has become a political battleground in Brazil’s most polarized election in decades, raising concerns that it is...

An Iranian fake news campaign was behind the news article that provoked former defence minister Khawaja Asif to threaten Israel with nuclear war in...

A local media outlet in Pakistan reported a fake news story about the arrest of a US blogger by the officials of Federal Investigation...

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Friday said Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) should take notice and initiate action against...

An impostor Twitter handle with the same display picture, title and information used on the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Fake News Buster account...