Islamabad
February 24, 2021
Islamabad: India has a clear Pakistan policy, in which disinformation and destabilisation are key components, while Pakistan needs clarity in its India policy to respond effectively, said Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman of Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, says a press release.
He made these remarks at a conference on ‘Disinformation as a Tool of Strategic Warfare’ organised by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS).
Senator Mushahid Hussain chaired the panel on ‘India’s Disinformation Campaign against Pakistan and its Impact.’ He referred to American scholar Dr Noam Chomsky’s landmark study on propaganda, ‘Manufacturing Consent’, where he talks of a nexus between media ownership, advertisers and media elites, which act in concert to demonise the ‘enemy.’ Senator Mushahid Hussain said that the Indian approach to disinformation is an example of this model, referring also to the tapes of Indian journalist Arnab Goswami and
North Korean defector: A very small spark could topple Kim Jong Un
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By: Edward White
The former North Korean diplomat on life under the Kims and how the world should counter the regime. Tae Yong-ho says he was 14 years old when he first began to comprehend the true cruelty of the songbun, Kim Il Sung s class system.
It was August 1976, and the Great Leader was expelling people whose loyalty might not be guaranteed. Tae s parents, members of the core class , were safe. His aunt, uncle and two cousins, members of the wavering class because of suspected links to Japanese collaborators, were ordered out of Pyongyang. Tae watched as his mother and aunt wept. We were just one family at the time, every night we ate together, he says. I asked my mother, why?