Pakistan tells UN and EU to investigate a recent report by EU DisinfoLabexposing a 15-year disinformation campaign that was designed to serveIndia’s interests and discredit Islamabad.

Pakistan has demanded the UN immediately delist 10 fake NGOs identified bya Europe-based disinformation watchdog as being part of a massive pro-Indiadisinformation campaign.

“Pakistan calls on the United Nations and the UN Human Rights Council toimmediately begin investigation and delisting of the 10 fake NGOs createdby India to malign Pakistan. We also call on the United Nations to createprocesses that ensure that the international system is not manipulated tosuch influence operations,” Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said onFriday.

He also urged the UN Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for HumanRights, and the relevant special procedure mandate holders to take aserious look as to how a prestigious platform such as the council wasmisused.

“The United Nations Economic and Social Council and its NGO committee mustscrutinise and make sure that the government-owned and sponsoredorganisations piloting this information and spreading fake news and hateare not able to gain any space in UN platforms, especially the Human RightsCouncil,” Qureshi demanded.

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