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India’s Fake News Obsession

  India’s Fake News Obsession India hasn't been a good neighbour and there have been several instances where this was evident July 25, 2022 ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan is a victim of hybrid warfare. Propaganda and fake news is all around, which keeps on impacting not only its security concerns but also its image at the diplomatic level. India’s thrust to malign Pakistan is no secret, and there are spontaneous and considerate attempts on its part to disseminate false news in a crude attempt to play to the gallery. Events in IIOJK are propagated in a way that casts aspersions on the alleged role of Pakistan, and everything that goes odd is linked up to Islamabad. This is all owing to pestering hostility in the political realms, and the tools of warfare are the media. If a catalogued profile is conducted as to how New Delhi has tried to frame Islamabad, then it is quite likely that Gobbles will feel ashamed. A report of European Union, EU DisinfoLab, recently came up with revelations, saying

Indian media exposed for spreading fake news about Pakistan's role in IIOJK

  Indian media exposed for spreading fake news about Pakistan's role in IIOJK ISLAMABAD: Media experts and security analysts denounce Indian media’s attempts to spread false information and harping on a negative chorus to scuttle peace prospects in the region. A recent report of CNN News18, an Indian news channel, made false claims about Pakistan’s role in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The allegations have been proven as fake. Security analyst Zaffar Kamal has also linked the inaccurate media statements as an outcome of the propaganda churned out by certain hostile and biased Indian media outlets. “The report is part of the Indian state narrative of falsehood and far from ground realities contradicting the Indian state and military leadership’s tall claims,” he said. Media experts observed that in the recent past, the Indian state resorted to malicious tactics like false flag operations and fake news to divert international and domestic pressures in an attemp