*RAWALPINDI – Pakistan Armed Forces Public Relations wing has slammed acontroversial article titled “Uncovering Pakistan’s Secret Human RightsAbuses” and has indicated to take the matter up with BBC, the publishers ofthe article in question.*
DG-ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor took to the social media website twitterwhere he shared screen grabs of the libelous article and called it “a packof lies and in violation of journalistic ethos.”
The tweet read: “News story published by BBC on 2nd June 2019, titled“Uncovering Pakistan’s Secret Human Rights Abuses” is pack of lies and inviolation of journalistic ethos. The issue is being formally taken up withBBC authorities.”
Ghafoor in a statement claimed that the British Broadcasting Channel (BBC)had disregarded the state’s narrative over the recent Waziristan incident.
DG-ISPR rubbished the news item and the claims it staked and said that theyhave reached out to the publishers against the piece.
Ghafoor revealed that the Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) was given adubious questionnaire before the article was published, ISPR had alsooffered complete assistance to the publisher so that facts could bedetermined.
“BBC published the story according to it’s own whims rather than acceptingthe offer of the foremost military information source of the country,” saidGhafoor.
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“The opinions being stated as facts in the story are far from reality,”claimed Ghafoor.
Talking about an alleged air attack on January 22, 2014, Ghafoor said thatit was more misreporting on the publisher’s part and that the attack nevertoo place.
Questioning the credibility of the story, Ghafoor said that the publisherhad failed to back up it’s claims with factual proofs and evidence.
“People’s life and safety were in extreme danger, mosques, schools, marketplaces nothing was off limit in the area, people’s heads were being severedand being played football with by the extremists, people were held hostageand were at the mercy of militias,” said Ghafoor in closing regarding thelandscape before the Army operation.
