Pakistan s ruling PTI weaponized fake news to clamp down on criticism sentinelassam.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sentinelassam.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Since the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came to power in 2018, its government officials and ministers have often dismissed and labelled accurate news stories, which they disagree with, as "fake news", Geo TV reported."Yet, .
Pakistan govt's Digital Media Wing Wednesday released a report accusing dissident groups of colluding with ‘foreign hostile actors’ to propagate fake news about Islamabad.
More than 300 Twitter accounts were being operated from within the geographical limits of Pakistan to create a situation that would spread anarchy during the farmers’ protest. This newspaper has accessed details of one such Twitter account, which was continuously tracked by Indian intelligence. New Delhi: Two
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An image of a purported news report by a Pakistani broadcaster has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook and Twitter in November 2020 alongside a claim that Afghanistan announced a $30 million aid package for Pakistan to support the country during the Covid-19 pandemic. The claim is false; the Pakistani broadcaster whose logo was shown in the posts told AFP it had not aired the purported segment; the Pakistani government also said the claim was “fake news”.
The image was published here on Facebook on November 21, 2020. It has since been shared 555 times.
It purports to show a screenshot of a news report by Pakistani news channel Geo TV. The Urdu-language text in the image translates to English as: “Afghan government announced 30 million dollar aid for Pakistan to combat coronavirus . The strapline reads: “Afghan people stand by in this difficult time with Pakistani people and government: President Ashraf Ghani.”