Tag: Fawad Chaudhry

Radio Pakistan DG forced to leave office by furious employees: report

Following the government’s announcement to shelf the leasing of Radio Pakistan headquarters, furious employees still protested and did not allow the Director-General Shafqat Jalil...

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia have signed three agreements: Fawad

--Federal cabinet decides to devise comprehensive policy on Afghan refugees ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed three grant agreements, adding that the...

Info minister calls Opp members ‘thieves’, triggers protest

--PPP leaders move privilege motion against Fawad Chaudhry for offensive tweet, minister digs in heels but later apologises for remarks --Fawad Chaudhry had accused PPP's...

PML-N govt was similar to East India Company, says info minister

--Fawad calls former finance minister 'biggest criminal of current economic situation' --Says PML-N govt 'indebted future generations by accumulating debt' ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting...

Info minister says LG system to be simple, authoritative

Fawad asks Nawaz Sharif to pray for his future, as next court decision coming soon ‘India’s Narendra Modi facing Rafale scandal like Nawaz...

Pakistan takes China into confidence over Saudi inclusion in CPEC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has taken China into confidence over Saudi Arabia joining the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project as a strategic partner, Minister for Information...

India diverting attention from domestic issues by overnight flip-flop, politicians say

Politicians belonging to different political parties have strongly disapproved the Indian government’s move to cancel a meeting between the Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers,...

Pak-UK agreement beneficial for Pakistan: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said that the agreement between the United Kingdom (UK) and Pakistan is very important and...

Politicians react to Sharifs’ sentence suspension by IHC

ISLAMABAD: Mixed reactions were witnessed from the politicians after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended the sentence of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter...

PM Imran to visit Saudi Arabia soon

PM Imran's visit to KSA will be first foreign visit ISLAMABAD: Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan...

Civil-military leadership on same page for India talks, says info minister

--Pakistan to open Kartar Singh border for Sikh pilgrims who wish to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur without having to obtain visa   Federal Minister for Information...

Pak-China friendship based on shared principles: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Thursday said Pakistan enjoyed a special relationship with China based on shared principles and common...

Day of renewal of pledge to make Pakistan an invincible welfare...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Thursday that September 6 was the day of renewal of the pledge that...

Fawad for enhancing cooperation with Afghanistan in media, information

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, while meeting Charge d'affaires of Afghanistan Embassy Zardasht Shams on Thursday underlined the need...

Govt defends Atif Mian’s induction in EAC

--Info minister says there's no justification for persecution of minorities and their rights in Pakistan   Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday defended notable...

Marriyum says Fawad still behaves like PTI spokesperson

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said that Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry is still behaving like Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson and not a...

Govt decides to merge all media regulatory bodies into one authority

ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday announced that the  Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) will...