ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Sunday refuted outright a notification about a “complete and comprehensive lockdown” across the country on weekends, calling it fake.
As a fake notification goes viral, especially on the social media platforms, in a post on its “fact checker” account on X, the ministry shared the notification from the Cabinet Division being circulated on social media and wrote “fake” over it.
“Avoid sharing fake news and false posts. Be a responsible citizen and only trust verified sources,” the ministry said in its post. The undated fake notification falsely quoted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as directing the enforcement of several additional measures in “view of the continuing Gulf oil crisis”. As per the fake document, a “complete and comprehensive lockdown throughout the country” was ordered for every Saturday and Sunday, starting from April 5 onwards and the lockdown shall take effect every Saturday from 12:01am (00:01 hrs) and continue till 11:59pm (23:59 hrs) every Sunday.
