Pakistan Which Is Circulating Fictional And Fabricated Dossiers, Best Example Of Disinformation Campaign against India
A Times of India Report
Dec 12, 2020
NEW DELHI: After Islamabad claimed
vindication over the EU DisInfoLab alleging a disinformation campaign by India,
the government on Friday hit out at Pakistan saying disinformation is practised
not by responsible democracies but those who have a record of sheltering
international terrorists like Osama bin Laden.
“As a responsible democracy, India does not
practise disinformation campaigns,” said MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava,
responding to the claims by Pakistan.
“In fact, if you are looking at disinformation,
the best example is the country next door which is circulating fictional and
fabricated dossiers and purveys a regular stream of fake news. Disinformation
is practiced particularly by those who have records to hide such as sheltering
international wanted terrorists including Osama bin Laden. And seek
unsuccessfully to cover up their own tracks such as on the 26/ 11 Mumbai
attack,” he added.
Islamabad had recently circulated a dossier
claiming to provide “evidence” about India’s involvement in terrorist
activities in Pakistan.
Reports from Islamabad said Pakistan
foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had appealed to the UN and EU to
investigate the report, exposing a “15-year disinformation campaign” that he
alleged was designed to serve India’s interests and discredit Pakistan.
“We also call on the United Nations to
create processes that ensure that the international system is not manipulated
through such influence operations,” he said. According to an AP report, the EU
DisinfoLab report, entitled “Indian Chronicles',' did not explicitly attribute
the campaign to the Indian government or its intelligence agencies.
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Headline: India: Pakistan best example of disinformation campaign
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Pakistan
Asks UN and EU to Probe Fake Pro-India NGOs, Media
The Times of India Report
Dec 11, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's foreign minister on
Friday called for the United Nations and the European Union to investigate a
recent report exposing a 15-year disinformation campaign that Islamabad alleges
was designed to serve India's interests and discredit Pakistan. New Delhi
denied the claims.
The extensive report was published earlier
this week by EU DisinfoLab, a Brussels-based nongovernmental organization. The
findings detail how 10 defunct but U.N.-accredited NGOs were ``revived'' in
order to influence the EU and the U.N. Human Rights Council. It also uncovered
over 750 fake local media outlets used to spread disinformation.
At a news conference, Pakistani Foreign
Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi urged the U.N. and the EU to ``immediately begin
an investigation and delisting of the 10 fake NGOs created by India to malign
Pakistan.``
``We also call on the United Nations to
create processes that ensure that the international system is not manipulated
through such influence operations,'' he said.
The EU DisinfoLab report, entitled ``Indian
Chronicles,'' did not explicitly attribute the campaign to the Indian
government or its intelligence agencies.
The report said the operation was led by
the Srivastava Group, a business conglomerate that came into the spotlight in
India after organizing a visit to the disputed Kashmir region for far-right
members of the European Parliament in late 2019.
Qureshi, however, directly accused New
Delhi of running the campaign.
``The scope and extent of India's
operations against Pakistan under their hybrid war is now apparent for the
world to see. Pakistan will take all necessary actions to protect its
interests,'' he said.
In New Delhi, India's External Affairs
Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava dismissed the report and Pakistan's
allegation, saying ``as a responsible democracy, India does not practice
disinformation campaigns``.
The two nuclear armed rivals have a history
of bitter relations, and have fought three wars since gaining independence from
Britain in 1947.
The EU DisinfoLab report comes less than a
month after Pakistan accused India of sponsoring ``terrorism'' aimed at
destabilizing the country and targeting its economic partnership with China.
India has likewise accused Pakistan of
sponsoring militant groups that have carried out attacks inside its borders in
recent years.
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Headline: Pakistan asks UN to pobe fake pro-India NGOs, media
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Times of India
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