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Imran Khan's obsession with peddling fake narrative on India

By IANS | Updated: May 14, 2020 19:20 IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan seems to be more obsessed with India than his own country, if one closely ...

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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan seems to be more obsessed with India than his own country, if one closely looks at his tweets that keep on peddling fake narratives and anti-India propaganda.

Khan's implacable desire to tweet fake videos and photographs related to India has only drawn brickbats from strategic experts from across the globe.

An analysis of his personal social media account carried out by intelligence and security agencies found that 90 per cent of his tweets are focussed on India, pushing hatred with each messages. The impulsive Pakistan Prime Minister appears to be suffering from some kind of phobia, using the micro blogging network to push fake propaganda.

Ever since the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir last year, Khan's tweets have been entirely directed on Kahsmir even as he got caught while propagating fake news about the Indian security forces.

"This rewinding narrative on Kashmir is turning out to be a monotonous rambling by a head of a state, similar to flogging a dead horse," said a senior officer posted with one of the central Indian intelligence agencies.

The officer further pointed out that ironically, this is coming at a time when Khan has been "accused of being casual and credit hunting in a crisis situation" with the coronavirus pandemic claiming hundreds of lives in Pakistan.

This is not at all surprising, coming from someone who owes his political ascendancy to the powerful military establishment in Pakistan, which is well-known for having a pervasive and hideous grip on the domestic politics of the neighbouring country.

Breaking apart

Talking about the current crisis in Pakistan, a senior officer with the security establishment said that after being carved out from a united India in 1947, the rulers of Pakistan have never been able to come to terms with its identity.

"The military, which ruled Pakistan for most part of its existence, directly or indirectly, has nursed a deep seated uneasiness against the relative success of India in nation building, even as its own efforts at fostering a federation have faltered due to the indigenous political movements in Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa," the officer explained.

Explaining the situation in Balochistan, the officer said that in the largest province of Balochistan, decade old restive movement for autonomy has turned into a full-blown insurgency, bracing against brutal state repression, forced disappearances of activists and a media lockdown.

In Waziristan, the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement

( With inputs from IANS )

Tags: pakistanjammuImran KhanPashtun Tahafuz MovementImran ahmadDhs punjab
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