*Web Desk:* Indian media has once again been accused of running acoordinated propaganda campaign, this time claiming that the Pakistan Navywas forced to withdraw from Karachi following the recent Pakistan-Indiawar. Fake News Watchdog, a media monitoring body, has dismissed thesereports as baseless propaganda.
According to Indian media, Pakistan Navy allegedly suffered heavy losses atKarachi Port and later shifted its operations to Iran. However, Fake NewsWatchdog stated that no evidence was ever provided to substantiate theseclaims, terming the so-called “Karachi Retreat” nothing more than apropaganda narrative.
The watchdog’s report highlighted that, in the aftermath of the war, Indianmedia became completely hostage to the BJP government’s propaganda machine.It alleged that state-driven misinformation was being broadcast as“breaking news” without verification. In efforts to suppress facts, theIndian government reportedly shut down millions of social media accountsexposing these false narratives.
Three months after the war, Indian outlets launched an aggressive mediacampaign against the Pakistan Navy but failed to provide any credible proofof operational relocation. The reports neither carried details of navalassets nor offered any verifiable evidence, focusing only on repeating theclaim of Karachi-based operations being moved to Iran.
The watchdog also pointed out that Indian state-backed cinema joined theanti-Pakistan narrative war. Films produced for Netflix, Amazon Prime, andother streaming platforms were allegedly used as propaganda tools toglorify India’s so-called military superiority. Renowned Bollywood actorswere also roped in to amplify these narratives.
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Fake News Watchdog revealed that it has compiled a list of Pakistan-relatedpropaganda stories pushed by Indian media over the last five years,stressing that anti-Pakistan narratives have increasingly been used to gainpolitical mileage in India.
The organization appealed to Indian media to uphold journalistic ethicsrather than acting as an extension of state propaganda. It added that thecredibility of Indian media has already hit “zero” among its own people dueto repeated dissemination of fake news.
Furthermore, the watchdog criticized India’s practice of labelinggovernment criticism as “anti-state” content, leading to suspension ofusers’ accounts. It urged international bodies to take notice of India’sgrowing violations of fundamental human rights.