Times of Islamabad

US adventurist Cynthia D Ritchie reject news of arrest in Pakistan

US adventurist Cynthia D Ritchie reject news of arrest in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – The rumoured detention of pro-Pakistani American traveladventurist, Cynthia D Ritchie by the officials of Federal InvestigationAgency (FIA) making rounds on social media has proven to be a blatant lieas facts corroborate something entirely different.

Ritchie, on Monday, was offloaded from Qatar Airways flight on IslamabadInternational airport, however, many media outlets including *7 News* and*stateviews* which claimed that the FIA had offloaded and arrested her froman international flight either due to the expiration of visa or otherissues related to her traveling documents.

Cynthia took to Twitter, clarified that she was offloaded due to an“incompetent official” of the Ministry of Interior, adding that the agencynever arrested her as it was a minor issue, contrary to the reportscirculating about her.

Cynthia also shared the screenshots of fake stories and mocked some of themedia persons in Pakistan for spreading the fake news about her arrest.

She also lauded the Pakistani authorities taking action against fake newsand removal of her credentials from the internet.

Cynthia has been travelling across the length and breadth of Pakistan andhad been portraying the positive image of Pakistan contrary to thepropaganda being peddled on the international media. She has also appearedon TV shows with an all-praise attitude for masses.