Committee formed to probe Maryam’s media cell admission
ISLAMABAD:The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Thursday set up a committee to probe Maryam Nawaz’s admission that a viral audio clip in which she can be heard instructing someone to stop ads to certain TV channels was authentic.
The PML-N vice president had admitted in a press conference a day earlier that the audio related to stopping the advertisements for certain channels was her’s, to which federal ministers had strongly reacted.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday had lashed out at the PML-N vice president, alleging that the latter doled out Rs18 billion from national kitty to reward blue-eyed journalists and media channels at federal and Punjab levels during the party’s last tenure.
The inquiry committee would report its findings on any irregularities found in the allotment of advertisements issued to media organisations during the PML-N government’s last tenure.
Fawad had stated that Maryam’s confession of controlling advertisements was another admission of serious financial irregularities and hoped that she would also confess to her properties abroad.
Source: Express Tribune
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