Pakistan government launches strong complaint with British government over malicious report against Pakistan Military

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government launches strong complaint with Britishgovernment against BBC News over malicious news report against PakistanMilitary.

The federal government on Tuesday lodged complaint against BBC with UKgovernment over publishing ‘defamatory and malicious’ news story againstPakistani security forces.

The complaint was filed by Ministry of Information, Broadcasting andNational Heritage. It stated that BBC Urdu published a story which “notonly presents a fabricated theme but it also violated journalistic ethos”.

“The story also violates BBC’s editorial policy by not incorporating pointof view of all stakeholders/ citing credible sources/ quoting authenticevidence etc”, read the complaint.

The complaint demands that “BBC removes this defamatory and maliciousstory, and issue a clear-cut apology”.

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“We also expect BBC authorities to ensure that in the future such fakestories specifically targetting Pakistan will not be disseminated.”

The ministry further added that the government expects “that in line withthe Royal Charter, BBC’s own editorial guidelines and office ofcommunication (OFCOM) will look into the content of the mala-fide,incorrect and misleading content of the story and take measures as per theBBC’s editorial guidelines”.