LAHORE – In another cheap attempt to strengthen the claim of killinghundreds of “terrorists” in Balakot, India’s media has come up with adoctored video from Pakistan to save the reputation of neighbouringcountry’s air force.
On Wednesday, India’s premier news agency ANI cited a US-based activist asclaiming that “bodies of more than 200 militants were shifted to KhyberPakhtunkhwa from Balakot” following the IAF airstrikes.
The video, which has been viewed thousands of times on Twitter, purports toshow a Pakistan military officer allegedly admitting to “martyrdom of morethan 200 terrorists” during Indian strike on Balakot.
#Pakistanlinkofficer admits to “martyrdom” of more than 200 militants during Indianstrike on #Balakotlink. Callsthe terrorists Mujahid who receive special favors/ sustenance from Allah asthey fight to support PAK government [against enemies]. Vows to supportfamilies pic.twitter.com/yzcCgCEbmu link
— #SengeSering ས།ཚ། (@SengeHSering) March 13, 2019link
“Pakistan military officer admits to ‘martyrdom’ of more than 200 militantsduring Indian strike on Balakot. Calls the terrorists Mujahid, who receivespecial favours/sustenance from Allah as they fight to support Pakgovernment [against enemies]. Vows to support families,” Senge HasnanSering tweeted.
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However, it has now been proven that the video is from the funeral of a Paksoldier named Havaldar Abdul Rab from DG Khan, and is carefully cropped ina way that it doesn’t show up on most OSINT video/image search tools.Screenshots from the original video of the funeral of Pakistani soldierHavaldar Abdul Rab.–Twitter
Havaldar Abdul Rab embraced martyrdom after sustaining injuries in Indianshelling along the Line of Control (LoC) at Nakyal sector along withanother soldier named Naik Khurram in the first week of March 2019.
India and Pakistan are amidst their biggest stand-off in many years, withthe United States and other global powers mediating to de-escalate tensionsbetween arch-foes who have fought three wars since their independence fromBritish colonial rule in 1947.
