Inclusion, exclusion of names from blacklist DG FIA's prerogative: Fawad Chaudhry Pakistan Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry. Photo: PID The inclusion and exclusion of someone’s name on the blacklist is the prerogative of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director-general, said Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday. In a tweet, the federal minister said the legal counsel of PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif had given no application to the FIA DG for removal of his name from the list. The minister maintained that the record could not be changed by verbal statements. He said that the government will file an appeal in the court of law against this decision.