Information and Broadcasting Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that the media enjoyed complete freedom in the dissemination of news.

In an interview, he said that the journalists’ fraternity and media houses are very strong in Pakistan. Fawad Chaudhry said that the government was clearing the outstanding bills payable in terms of advertisements and hoped to continue this exercise in order to provide relief to media houses.

Commenting on scrutiny of media personnel, Chaudhry Fawad said the present government has asked the quarters concerned to launch a mechanism for identifying the elements holding fake press cards.

To a question about social media, he said that the government was establishing close connection with Facebook, twitter and YouTube, to combat fake account holders and put a check on such persons who are using social media for dissemination of misleading news.