PIC Will Conduct Training Workshop To Identify Fake News

News Desk

Karachi: The Pakistan Information Centre (PIC) will conduct a two-day training workshop to educate participants about news authenticity and tools to counter fake news and anti-state propaganda on May 9 and 10 at a private hotel in Karachi.

A joint project of the Press Information Department (PID), the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and PIC; the participants will be taught advanced tools to identify fake news while also being trained to understand global or domestic propaganda against the state.

AAJ News Director Kamal Siddiqui will serve as the lead trainer, while Karachi Press Club (KPC) Secretary General Shoaib Ahmed and other important personalities will be guest speakers.

PIC has so far provided training to more than 10 thousand journalists, media students, and social media influencers across the country, and this year the centre also plans to provide training to 2000 more journalists and students.

Moreover, it provides training to journalists in all four provinces: Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Islamabad.

Members of the Karachi Press Club, journalists associated with various TV channels and newspapers, and media studies students will participate in the training workshop.