There will be no negotiation on the 18th amendment or the NFC award: Fazal-ur Rehman as he reads out the APC demands
All media persons, including Mir Shakil ur Rahman, should be released: Fazal ur Rehman #APC
The APC demands a new accountability law that ensures across the board accountability, says Rehman. #APC
Opposition to kick off protest rallies from October 20, says Rehman as he reads out the APC’s action plan. #APC
The APC demands the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Shehbaz Sharif says that he has spoken to Maulana Fazal ur Rehman and it has been decided “akele na jana humein chorr ke,” in reference to last year’s sit-in in Islamabad.
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A short thread on the Punjab Forensic Science Authority.
In March, the Punjab government passed a controversial law creating a new forensic body directly under the Chief Minister Punjab and staffed largely by bureaucrats.
Renamed the Punjab Forensic Science Authority, the new body would be chaired by the CM and have 13 other members.
Most will be bureaucrats; only five would be technical experts.
All decisions would now be made through majority voting, a provision that didn’t exist before.
Since most members are from, or appointed by, the provincial government, control was effectively centralised.
The NCCIA and its law is routinely being used to target journalists, civil society, and opposition politicians.
Yet, here are some recent examples of misinformation and disinformation spread by ministers, government officials, and ruling party–linked accounts.
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1 - Punjab’s Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb and the official accounts of the PML-N claimed that Imperial College London would be establishing a campus in the government’s IT City in Lahore.
2 - Punjab Information Minister Azma Zahid Bokhari shared a picture of a meeting of the newly-elected KP Chief Minister, suggesting he had removed Quaid-i-Azam’s picture from his office.
پنجاب حکومت آج پنجاب عوامی آگاہی اور معلومات کے فروغ کا 2025 کا ایکٹ پیش کرنے اور منظور کروانے جا رہی ہے۔
اس ایکٹ کا بنیادی مقصد صحافیوں اور شہریوں کو یہ سوال کرنے سے روکنا ہے جس سے یہ معلوم ہو سکے کہ کس طرح حکومت عوامی فنڈز کو اپنی تشہیر کے لیے استعمال کر رہی ہے۔
تھریڈ:
منظور ہونے کے بعد اس ایکٹ کا اطلاق رواں سال کے بجائے گذشتہ سال جنوری 2024 سے ہوگا، یعنی الیکشن سے قبل موجود نگراں حکومت کے دور سے۔
اس کے تحت پنجاب حکومت "عوامی آگاہی مہمات" چلا سکے گی جس کے لیے وہ کسی بھی تشہیری کمپنی کو استعمال کر سکتی ہے اور کسی بھی پلیٹ فارم پر چلا سکتی ہے جیسے بل بورڈز، ٹی وی، پرنٹ، ریڈیو، ڈیجیٹل اور سنیما۔
Here are just a few examples of senior government officials spreading misinformation—yet, these are the same people who will be 'regulating fake news'.
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