ISLAMABAD – A fake letter found circulating on social media about theprovision of as many as 2550 cars of the Atlas Honda to Pakistan’s armedforces for its staff.
The letter has been shared by many prominent personalities including somerenowned journalists.
But, Pakistan’s Minister for Human Rights, Shireen Mazari, rejected thedocument as fake and squashed those who shared it.
“Oh for heaven sakes the letter is an obvious fake as well as an absurdity!But carry on if it allows a catharsis for some!,” tweeted Shireen Mazari.
Sources privy to the matter have also rejected the letter to be ‘nothingbut a piece of garbage.’
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“There are several things to notice about the letter. (a) The departmentmentioned in the letter does not deal with buying or selling of vehiclesfor the forces. (b) The department mentioned in the letter has noBrigadier under this name. (c) This level of operations requires a go-aheadfrom the higher rank officer in army’s chain of command,” informed thesources.
This is not the first time that social media warriors have attempted tomanipulate the naive people of the country. Ever since the new governmenttook control, the rumour mill has speeded up churning the fake news.
