Dissents fake news to malign Pakistan push govt to take action

Dissents fake news to malign Pakistan push govt to take action.

A government spokesman said that the government has taken stock of certain dissident and social media activists spreading fake news to malign Pakistan.

Dissents fake news to malign Pakistan push govt to take action

He expressed resolve that the country would leverage all means including political, diplomatic and legal to bring these detractors to justice.

He further said that it has come to the notice that certain social media activists / dissident elements sitting in European/ Western countries are spreading fake news.

They stay engaged in disinformation, defamation, libel, incitement of violence and agenda setting to malign Pakistan government.

They are maligning Pakistan’s state institutions for vested interest.

Moreover, the spokesman said that it also reliably learnt that some of them have linkages with hostile intelligence agencies especially RAW for funding, feeding and sheltering.

Therefore, Pakistan government has taken serious view of this,” the spokesman remarked.

He said nefarious activities of the detractors had been shared with respective governments hosting them.

Meanwhile, the govt asked them to cooperate with Pakistan to bring them to justice as per laws of their countries and laws of Pakistan.

However, general public perception has it U.S.-led Western bloc backs such activists.

GTV