{"id":13185,"date":"2025-07-10T12:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T12:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=13185"},"modified":"2025-07-10T12:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T12:04:06","slug":"pakistan-china-agree-to-enhance-media-ties-to-combat-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=13185","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, China agree to enhance media ties to combat fake news"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan and China have agreed to strengthen ties and launch joint broadcasting projects to effectively tackle fake news and disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>This agreement was reached during a meeting between Pakistan&#8217;s Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting\u00a0Attaullah Tarar and Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee\u00a0and Party Secretary of the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) of China Minister Cao Shumin.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides agreed that strengthening media, cultural, and people-to-people relations would introduce new dimensions to the longstanding Pakistan-China friendship,\u00a0reported Radio Pakistan on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders discussed enhancing technical training and institutional collaboration, with an emphasis on developing a unified narrative to counter the spread of fake news.<\/p>\n<p>They also talked about the potential agreement between China Central Television (CCTV) and Pakistan Television (PTV) to promote the exchange of information and foster cooperation between the two broadcasters<\/p>\n<p>Tarar expressed Pakistan\u2019s readiness to translate this bilateral media cooperation into practical steps.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted the crucial role of state-run\u00a0PTV, Radio Pakistan, and the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) in communicating Chinese development projects, including the Belt and Road Initiative and CPEC, as well as\u00a0cultural ties among the people of both countries.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed out that PTV is strengthening cultural and intellectual bonds by airing Chinese programmes, documentaries\u00a0and news reports in Urdu.<\/p>\n<p>APP\u2019s China&#8217;s\u00a0News Service, Tarar said, is successfully conveying\u00a0Pakistan\u2019s narrative to Chinese readers.<\/p>\n<p>Both leaders agreed that the media organisations of both nations are crucial in bridging the gap between the two peoples and promoting societal understanding and mutual harmony.<\/p>\n<p>They identified further opportunities for collaboration in media and culture, which could be advanced through institutional mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions also included exchange visits for digital influencers from both countries. Tarar noted that in the digital age, such exchanges could inject new energy into bilateral relations.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Cao Shumin reaffirmed China\u2019s trust in Pakistan as a reliable partner and expressed her belief that closer media ties would enhance collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>These efforts will be further developed under a joint strategy.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan and China have agreed to strengthen ties and launch joint broadcasting projects to effectively tackle fake news and disinformation. This agreement was reached during a meeting between Pakistan&#8217;s Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting\u00a0Attaullah Tarar and Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee\u00a0and Party Secretary of the National Radio and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}