F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday criticized opposition’s move for no-trust and said that they could not even prove their majority in Senate.
Talking to media in Pind Dadan Khan, the minister expressed that no-trust move will face the failure.
He further said that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Moscow will be a game changer and it will strengthen Pakistan’s relations with Russia. He said Imran Khan’s voice is powerful and his opinion on Islamophobia and region is heard worldwide.
Responding to a question on local bodies elections in Jhelum, he expressed hope that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will clean sweep in the coming local bodies elections.
Law against defamatory remarks on social media prepared: Fawad: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday that a proposed law related to the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) code of conduct has been sent to the cabinet for approval.
Taking to Twitter, the information minister said that law related to amendments in the election commission’s code of conduct has been sent to the federal cabinet for approval.
“The ministers and lawmakers would be able to attend public gatherings after the approval of ECP code of conduct bill,” the minister revealed. He further said that second proposed bill will make social media defamation a punishable crime. “The courts will be bound to decide the social media defamation cases within a period of six months,” he said.
Earlier today it emerged that the federal government has amended a law related to the code of conduct of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), allowing ministers and lawmakers to attend public gatherings. According to sources, the federal cabinet has approved an ordinance, making amendments in the election commission’s code of conduct.
Reservations have been raised from both sides of the aisle in the Parliament over the code of conduct of the ECP previously and the new changes to the ECP law will now allow lawmakers and ministers to attend public gatherings.
