*ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has demanded a response from the British BroadcastingCorporation (BBC) headquarters on the publication of fabricated newsrelated to the events at PM House.*
BBC Urdu, on April 10, 2022, had published a baseless story, to whichPakistan has sought an explanation from the BBC headquarters.
Pakistan’s written complaint has been received by the Director-General ofthe BBC and the administration has started reviewing the matter onIslamabad’s complaint.
The written complaint states that all the news item published by the BBCwas against the facts and principles of journalism. All the stakeholders,including the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), have rejected thestory and termed it baseless.
It may be noted, Pakistan Army had denied a story ran by BritishBroadcasting Corporation related to the ouster of Imran Khan as primeminister and the events at the PM House in the wee hours of Saturday.
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The ISPR termed the BBC Urdu a pack of lies.
“The typical propaganda story lacks any credible, authentic and relevantsource and violates basic journalistic ethos,” the military’s media winglink had said.
It had also said that there is no truth in the fake story whatsoever andclearly seems part of an organised disinformation campaign. “The matter isbeing taken up with British Broadcasting Corporation authorities.”
