In UAE presser, FM Qureshi warns India planning surgical strike against Pakistan
Pakistan
Fri, Dec 18, 2020
Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi addressing a press conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 18, 2020. APP
ABU DHABI: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi has revealed that India is planning a surgical strike against Pakistan and warned New Delhi that Islamabad was respond effectively.
Addressing a press conference UAE s capital, FM Qureshi said he had received information through our intelligence agencies that India was preparing to launch a surgical strike against Pakistan and fanning a new wave of terrorism.
Terming the situation as sensitive, he said Pakistan was fully aware of India s conspiracies and vowed that Islamabad would respond befittingly should New Delhi initiate military action.
The disinformation network
The writer, a Chevening scholar, studied International Journalism at the University of Sussex.
The busting of India’s information warfare by EU DisinfoLab has caught much of the world unawares. The voluminous report on how the sophisticated ecosystem of disinformation has operated since 2005 is nothing short of a bombshell. However, there is little element of surprise in the clandestine operations for those who have keenly observed the conduct of New Delhi’s foreign policy in pursuit of its regional ambitions.
What is actually breathtaking in the whole episode is the sheer scale of the covert operations and the impunity with which they have been allowed during the last 15 years. The disinformation infrastructure is underpinned by fake local newspapers, fake think tanks, fake NGOs, as well as a leading Indian newswire service ANI to promote and project Indian interests and discredit Pakistan globally.
Boxer Amir Khan demands India to allow Sikhs to visit Pakistan
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December 17, 2020
RAWALPINDI: The internationally-famed British boxer Amir Khan, who visited the Kartarpur Corridor and Gurdwara Darbar Sahab on Wednesday, hailed Pakistan for promoting inter-faith harmony.“Gurdwara Darbar Sahab here is a true reflection of promotion of inter-faith harmony in Pakistan,” Amir Khan said.
To the contrary, Khan observed that India was undertaking anti-minority measures and suppressing them. “Whether it is the case of Indian Occupied Kashmir, Babari Masjid or Sikh community, the Indian authorities are involved in anti-minority measures,” he added. The boxer demanded the Indian government to open gates for the Sikh community to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahab in Pakistan. Khan noted that Pakistan has been providing complete religious freedom to all the minorities.
Kashmiri sufferings must end, says UK MP at webinar
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December 13, 2020
LONDON: Current and former British and European Union lawmakers have called on the world to honour and respect the human rights of the Kashmiri people and settle the Kashmir dispute as per the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
“Kashmiri sufferings must come to an end,” said Conservative MP Steve Baker at a webinar in connection with International Human Rights Day organised by the Tehreek-e-Kashmir United Kingdom (TeK UK).
Baker analysed the complex geopolitical situation in the region and said the world must settle the Jammu and Kashmir dispute as per the wishes of Kashmiris. Labour’s Afzal Khan MP said more delay in the settlement of Indian-occupied Kashmir will heighten tension in the region and emphasised that a recent EU Disinfo report has exposed a network of fake NGOs acting as Indian propaganda tools. “People of Kashmir must be given their right of self-determination granted by the Unit
Disinformation campaign
The campaign primarily relied on ‘dead media, dead think-tanks and NGOs’, and in a few instances, ‘dead people’
Editorial
December 12, 2020
A staggering report by a well-reputed European non-profit has uncovered a vast influence and disinformation campaign working to promote Indian interests and harm the country s opponents. Chief among these opponents is Pakistan, with China appearing in a distant second. The NGO EU DisinfoLab could not confirm the extent of the involvement of India s government or intelligence agencies, but the investigation was still eye-catching. The campaign primarily relied on dead media, dead think-tanks and NGOs , and in a few instances, dead people . This investigation is actually a follow-up to a report they put out last year, which noted that a New Delhi-based company called Srivastava Group was operating a network of about 265 fake local news sites in over 65 countries.