ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Thursday that the appointment process of the new Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) would be completed soon. In a tweet, the minister said that a certain group wanted to play a game on this issue, but it has failed in its designs. He said now […]
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Pandora Leakes to strengthen PM’s stance on poor countries stolen money: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Sunday said Panama Papers had exposed overseas assets of the world’s most corrupt people. It was now being informed that another study of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism was coming to light, the minister said in a series of tweets. “Like Panama, Pandora […]
Sharif family purchased Avenfield flats through embezzlement in M-1 project: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Sunday said the Sharif family had purchased Avenfield flats in London after committing massive corruption in the Lahore-Islamabad Motorway (M-1) project. “It is pertinent to note the timing of purchase of Avenfield flats and construction of the motorway. The Sharif family was purchasing the Avenfield […]
Nation proud of its martyrs’ sacrifices: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday said the nation was proud of sacrifices of the martyrs who lost their lives in the line of duty for protection of the homeland. Paying homage to Naib Subedar Amir Shakeel Jandran, who hailed from Pindi Saidpur village of Pind Dadan Khan, Tehsil […]
Govt firmly believes in freedom, wants to create consensus on PMDA issue : Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has stressed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government firmly believed in fundamental, democratic and constitutional rights of freedom of expression and wanted to take all stakeholders on board to create consensus on the draft of Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). During a meeting with British High Commissioner […]
Regional connectivity depends on durable peace in Afghanistan: Fawad
TASHKENT (Uzbekistan), Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Friday that regional connectivity depended on the durable peace in Afghanistan. Talking to media in Tashkent he said if peace was restored in restive Afghanistan, Pakistan would be connected with Central Asia. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s meeting today with the Afghan President […]
Fawad lashes out at opposition’s irresponsible attitude
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday lashed out at the opposition’s customary irresponsible attitude of not even bothering to going through the budget document up till now. The budget was presented in the parliament on June 11 by Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin amidst high enthusiasm from opposition benches, with members […]
Fawad rules out possibility of any US military base in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of the presence of any military airbase of the United States (US) in Pakistan as all such facilities were under its (Pakistan’s) own use. It was the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which after coming into the power, ended ‘drone surveillance’ facility […]
Country collects Rs 4.143 trillion in revenue for first time in history: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Sunday said first time in the country’s history that a record Rs 4.143 trillion revenue had been collected during the current fiscal year so far. The landmark achievement was made due to prudent economic policies of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government led by Prime Minister Imran […]
Pakistan played leading role to end Israeli atrocities against Palestinians: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday said Pakistan played a leading role in efforts to end Israeli atrocities against innocent and unarmed people of Palestine, who had braved unabated bombardment and shelling from occupation forces for over two weeks. Interacting with foreign media here on the occasion of Palestine Solidarity […]