Govt. Punjab to take legal action against Dawn over fake news related to CM Usman Buzdar
The government of Punjab announces to take action against Dawn News for attributing a fake incident with CM Punjab Usman Buzdar.
The govt. announced its course of action on social media in a series of tweets from its official Twitter handle.
As per Dawn’s report, a few days ago Punjab CM Usman Buzdar received a detailed briefing on coronavirus from relevant experts and officials. At the end of the briefing, the CM asked those briefing him: “Yeh corona kaat-ta kaisay hai? (how does this corona bite)?”
“It is sad and unfortunate that in these testing times some people find the opportunity to publish their imagination as news. A statement attributed to CM Punjab in @dawn_com’s article is absolutely rubbish, baseless & fake.
GOP is starting legal action against writer & publisher for their irresponsible and unprofessional behavior and we also urge #APNS and regulatory bodies to take strict action, as we cannot allow anyone to create panic and push their ulterior agendas in these testing times”, says the official statement.
for their irresponsible and unprofessional behavior and we also urge #APNS and regulatory bodies to take strict action, as we cannot allow anyone to create panic and push their ulterior agendas in these testing times. 2/2
— Government of Punjab (@GovtofPunjabPK) March 19, 2020