ISLAMABAD – Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry strongly rejected the negative and misleading propaganda circulating on social media regarding alleged discriminatory treatment of citizens from Azad Kashmir. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, alongside Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry, he condemned the spread of misinformation.
He further remarked that Pakistan’s opponents are unable to accept the nation’s triumph in the Marka-e-Haq, which is why they are resorting to such tactics.
The minister urged the youth to refrain from sharing such videos without proper verification.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhary said the Islamabad Police is a very professional force having a huge responsibility and is directly accountable to the Interior Ministry.
He said a forensic audit of these social media posts and videos has revealed that they are fake, old and not related to any people from AJK. AI generated voices have been used in these videos to mislead people.
Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Friday urged the social media users to verify and cross-check the information and content before sharing on social networking sites, highlighting that fake and disinformation could be used for nefarious and reprehensible motives.
“Such videos and footage portrait that Islamabad police misconduct with people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) during checking at check post in federal capital and termed it a totally false, propaganda, and conspiracy against the national institutions,” he added.
Terming content and videos an agenda of enemies to incite the AJK’s masses against the country’s institutions, he said that such elements would not be achieved success against their negative designs.
“It was our foremost responsibility to expose these elements to discourage this practice in the future,” he added.
Tariq apprised the media that India was involved in funding elements who were uploading hate content and footage on social networking sites to disseminate propaganda, refuting all the hate content on social media regarding Pakistan.
He said that government, civil and military leadership have love and unwavering commitment with people of Kashmir and Pakistan would continue their moral, political, and diplomatic support to every forum till logical conclusion of Kashmir cause from Indian tyranny and occupation.
He said that the Kashmir conflict has been resurfaced internationally following the successful operation of Marka-e-Haq, highlighting the overwhelming and respectful response of the world after Marka-e-Haq.
