Govt ad illegally awarded to digital media outlet The Current
The PML-N government has illegally awarded the advertisement to a digital media outlet, The Current, despite being prohibited by the law.
The federal government led by Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has illegally awarded the advertisement to a digital media outlet, The Current, despite being prohibited by the law.
The Current turned out to be a blue-eyed digital media outlet as the PML-N government awarded a state-sponsored ad.
The media outlet is owned by former Geo News Program Director, Marriyum Chaudhry Noorani, who is the daughter-in-law of the ex-civil servant and former commerce secretary Tasneem Noorani and the wife of Daniyal Noorani.
It is noteworthy to mention here that the law prohibits awarding state-sponsored ads to any digital platform and the awarding of a government ad to The Current is a legal violation.
After people noticed the government ad, the website removed it immediately.
Earlier, News360 reported that the coalition government led by the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has started running an ad campaign against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan at state expenditures despite the nation is facing a severe economic crisis.
After failing to present a solution to end the political and economic crises, it is the PML-N government’s apathy as it started running an advertisement campaign to highlight the failures of the Imran Khan-led government at state expenditures, on the other hand, its finance minister is consistently criticising the previous regime for leaving nothing in the national treasury.
صرف 4 سال میں تحریک انصاف کی حکومت نے ڈالر 116 روپے سے 189 روپے تک پہنچایا.شرح ترقی 6.1 فیصد سے کم کرکے 4 فیصد.مالی خسارہ تاریخ کی بلند ترین سطح پر.
عوام سب جانتے ہیں
اپنے مجرم پہچانتے ہیں pic.twitter.com/HJgSEievdP— PML(N) (@pmln_org) May 16, 2022
Political analysts said that the ad campaign is seemingly not a good idea of the PML-N government as it should contest the Imran Khan-led political party at its own level through massive power shows like him to build a counter-narrative to PTI.
They expressed surprise that how PML-N is managing the expenditures of the hefty ad campaign if the national treasury is empty. The PML-N should utilise the resources to provide relief to the nation instead of running an advertisement campaign against Imran Khan by using the taxpayers’ money.
They suggested PML-N government take courageous decisions by announcing fresh elections and forming a caretaker setup if it has no further plan to end the economic crisis instead of wasting public funds.
