{"id":497887,"date":"2025-08-21T09:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T04:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=497887"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:28:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T04:28:57","slug":"solangi-to-act-as-president-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/solangi-to-act-as-president-spokesman\/","title":{"rendered":"Solangi to act as President Spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>new portfolio<br \/>\nISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and former caretaker information minister Murtaza Solangi has been appointed spokesperson for the President of Pakistan, he confirmed on Wednesday. A former director general of Radio Pakistan, Solangi served as the caretaker minister for information and broadcasting from August 2023 to March 2024. \u201cMr Murtaza Solangi is appointed as Spokesperson of the President of Pakistan on honorary\/pro bono basis with immediate effect until further orders,\u201d said a notification by the president\u2019s secretary, Muhammad Shakeel Malik yesterday. \u201cA little personal news,\u201d Solangi wrote on X today. \u201cI have been appointed the Spokesperson of the President of Pakistan. I will assume my new responsibilities starting tomorrow. Thank you.\u201d During his tenure at Radio Pakistan from 2008 to 2013, Solangi oversaw a workforce spanning 64 broadcasting units and over 3,000 individuals. He also forged partnerships with international news organisations, including Voice of America, China Radio International, and Deutsche Welle. He was the first Pakistani elected as the vice president and the acting president of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. DNA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>new portfolio ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and former caretaker information minister Murtaza Solangi has been appointed spokesperson for the President of Pakistan, he confirmed on Wednesday. A former director general of Radio Pakistan, Solangi served as the caretaker minister for information and broadcasting from August 2023 to March 2024. \u201cMr Murtaza Solangi is appointed as Spokesperson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-497887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Solangi to act as President Spokesman<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/solangi-to-act-as-president-spokesman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solangi to act as President Spokesman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"new portfolio ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and former caretaker information minister Murtaza Solangi has been appointed spokesperson for the President of Pakistan, he confirmed on Wednesday. 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