LONDON: A British Pakistani community leader and businessman has launchedthe “Soldiers of Pakistan” organisation to defend national interests ofPakistan in UK and Europe after the EU DisinfoLab uncovered a network ofover 750 fake news outlets and dozens of NGOs focused at defaming Islamabad.
Abu Tarab Raja announced at a press conference that revelations by EUDisinfoLab showed that Pakistan was almost unarmed in the West and neededto counter the negative propaganda pushed against its national interests bythe Indian government.
“The Soldiers of Pakistan association strongly condemns the fake propagandaand lobbying attempts made by India to discredit Pakistan in theinternational realm. EU DisinfoLab has uncovered a network of over 750 fakenews outlets which facilitated the activities of over 10 NGOs which wereembroiled in hostile acts against Pakistan at a massive scale,” he said.
Raja, who will be the chairman of Soldiers of Pakistan, revealed that hehad instructed a firm to audit activities of Indian elements based on therevelations made by EU DisinfoLab and was shocked to find out the likelyamount that was invested by Indian government every month to run itsoperations against Pakistan.
“Our own investigation shows that India was spending at least £2 million amonth to run this operation and this expenditure tripled during activitymonths in Brussels, Geneva, London, Washington and New York. Although thereport doesn’t name the sponsor of the activity out of expediency but thewhole world knows that these nefarious activities were funded by Indiangovernment,” he said.
The businessman said that the campaign has been one of the most well-oiledfake news missions run by any country.
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Now its for the United Nations, the European Union and the Westerngovernments to take action against India for using their soil to runmalicious operations against Pakistan, he urged.
Raja told the media that the sole purpose for the “Soldiers of Pakistan”association was to protect the reputation and integrity of the country — aswell as Pakistan Armed Forces.
By: Murtaza Ali ShahSource:link
