RAWALPINDI: Terming a news story of BBC Urdu baseless and a pack of lies,the media wing of armed forces, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) onSunday said the matter was being taken up with BBC authorities.
“The BBC Urdu story published today is totally baseless and a pack of lies.The typical propaganda story lacks any credible, authentic and relevantsource and violates basic journalistic ethos. There is no truth in the fakestory whatsoever and clearly seems part of an organised disinformationcampaign,” the ISPR said.
Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf leader Ali Zaidi said the story was absoluterubbish. “I’m shocked to see that BBC Urdu published this nonsense,” hesaid.
The story claimed that “two important officials” unannounced arrived at thePM House in a helicopter on Saturday night, had a separate meeting withImran Khan for about 45 minutes. The news claimed that the duo had comeamid tight security.
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Another PTI leader Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said BBC Urdu was one of the feworganisations that had given a new aspect to political use of fake news inPakistan.
“Pakistan has also given a dossier to the BBC in this regard. This news isalso an example of the continuation of the same propaganda,” he tweetedadding that Imran Khan had always recognised and respected the militaryleadership.
