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  • Malik Riaz shuts down Aap News

    Malik Riaz shuts down Aap News

    Bahira Town chairman and property tycoon Malik Riaz has shut down Aap News due to “unavoidable legal and technical reasons”, an e-mail to the channel’s staff revealed on Saturday.

    The broadcast of the news channel will stop today.

    Furthermore, as mentioned in the email, “The administration has decided that salaries of all employees for March will be paid on April 14 and 15 while the payment of salaries for the notice period between April 11 and May 11 will be paid on April 21 and 22.”

    Riaz will use his licencing rights to launch a new channel where employees of Aap News will be hired on a “priority basis”.

    The email further stated that employees would receive 50 per cent of their monthly salaries on the 5th of each month for the next three months. 

  • PTI’s Fawad Chaudhry slaps Anchor Mubasher Lucman at a wedding

    PTI’s Fawad Chaudhry slaps Anchor Mubasher Lucman at a wedding

    Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry slapped anchorperson Mubasher Lucman at Punjab’s irrigation minister, Mohsin Legharis, son’s valima.

    Other PTI representatives were present at the Valima when the incident occurred, including Jehangir Tareen.

    After the incident, Fawad Chaudhry criticised Lucman, saying that Lucman cannot be considered as a journalist.

    Fawad tweeting citing the story of him slapping Mubasher

    Fawad had earlier tweeted that ‘so called journalists’ malign ministers and respectable people for viewership.

    “There was a scuffle that broke out. A small fight broke out. In a fight, as usually is the case, he may have got one (slap) in, I may have hit one,” said the minister during Geo News talk show “Naya Pakistan” on Sunday evening.

    “I have been a minister earlier as well. I will not tolerate personal attacks against myself. We are all human beings and will react when someone makes such false allegations.”