ISLAMABAD – Pakistanis mark September 6 as National Defence Day, and the day used to be an official holiday in previous years, but not this year as government cleared the air on the matter.
Ministry of Information issued clarification, saying the viral notification about the public holiday on September 6 is fake.
A post shared on Ministry of Information Fact Check page on X said sharing of false information is both “unethical” and illegal. “Disseminating #FakeNews is not just unlawful and unethical; it also harms the nation,” the post said.
The government urged everyone’s responsibility to reject such irresponsible actions. It ended the post with Reject #FakeNews hashtag.
