ISLAMABAD – PML-N Secretary Information Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that PTI government intentionally propagated fake news of Maryam Nawaz’s son Junaid Safdar owning 5 offshore companies to distract attention from members of Imran Khan’s government named in the Pandora Papers.
In a statement, Marriyum strongly condemned broadcasting of this fake news on state television. The king of fake news Imran Khan used the state television to run this false news, she added. She warned private channels to refrain from running fake news propagated by PTV. Lawyers had already been directed to pursue legal action against PTV for airing this false and baseless fake news.
The former Information minister demanded that those who aired this fake news must apologise. She also demanded that PEMRA should take immediate and strong action against Imran Khan, Fawad Chaudhry and the channels that aired this fake news.
Meanwhile, PML-N’s Vice-President Maryam Nawaz in a statement also condemned airing of new about her son Juanid Safdar’s alleged off-shore companies. She said she will take legal action against those who had run that fake news.