Fact Check: Did PTI expose anti-Pakistan marketing campaign even earlier than EU disinfo lab?

London: Contrary to the declare of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, the fact is that geo information Three years earlier than the discharge of an in depth report by European Union (EU) non-profit group EU Disinfo Lab, the continued faux information and faux NGO scams towards Pakistan had been busted. Today Shahzeb Khanzada’s companions Show and publish in information,

In an tackle on Wednesday associated to Shahbaz Gill’s arrest and different points, former PM Imran Khan claimed that PTI’s social media staff had reviews from the EU disinfo lab.

“Not sure if you remember or not our dedicated social media worker busted the EU propaganda lab. What was it? There were 800 fake sites in it. These fake sites were involved in constant propaganda against Pakistan and many more Pakistani journalists were part of it. Some of them who are part of this imported government were also part of it. They were doing two things: attack on Pakistani army and Imran Khan. Their point was that they were working together. were,” the former PM said.

EU Disinfo Lab published its findings on 9 December 2020 – “Indian History: Deep Dive into 15 Years of Operation Targeting the EU and the United Nations to Serve Indian Interests” – Pakistan’s efforts through the use of various NGOs. On India’s massive propaganda campaign against, fake protests, and websites.

but he was geo news It first exposed how Geneva was being used as a center of anti-Pakistan activities.

In a 12-minute broadcast on September 19, 2017 geo news – through Shahzeb Khanzada’s show – revealed how the Indian government was paying for staged protests against Pakistan using rented students and how a full-fledged anti-Pakistan campaign was being run against Pakistan. The report was published under the title “Geneva Poster Campaign Shocks Pakistan-Swiss Diplomatic Relations”.

The detailed report was published in Daily Jung and The News on 20 September 2017.

Based on several weeks of groundwork in Geneva, this correspondent reported on how anti-Pakistan campaigns were being carried out on billboards, buses, rickshaws and websites, and how an army of paid volunteers were used to defame Pakistan. was assigned to run this campaign. When the 36th session of UNHRC was going on.

The investigation had established that the Indian mission in Geneva was controlling anti-Pakistan activities and that the local Swiss administration was paid huge amounts in commercial deals for these operations on its public transport, road network and private business sites.

A similar investigative report was launched three years later by the European Union (EU) non-profit group EU Disinfolab, which found that India’s Srivastava group had spent 15 years targeting international institutions and serving Indian interests. Was involved in previous operations. However, its main objective was to target and defame Pakistan through fake news and fake campaigns.

The network was primarily designed to “defame Pakistan internationally” and influence decision-making in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the European Parliament, EU DisinfoLab said.

This was established through video evidence of how anti-Pakistan posters appeared on dozens of billboards in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) building in central Geneva in nearly a square mile sponsored by an organization called “Balochistan House” – the same NGO was quoted three years later in an EU disinfo lab report.

Geo News had shown through video how anti-Pakistan posters were decorated on local trams running around the UNHRC building and buses plying in and around the UN buildings.

After the scandal was uncovered, Ambassador Farooq Amil, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), wrote to the Swiss authorities to take action and the Foreign Office of Pakistan called on Thomas Koli, the then Ambassador-designate of the Foreign Office of Switzerland, to censure. was called for. Anti Pakistan poster.

with citing a reference geo news In the report, Pakistan told the Swiss envoy that activities on its soil were “in violation of the United Nations Charter and worldwide regulation, towards the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan”.

“The use of Swiss soil by terrorists and violent separatists for nefarious designs towards Pakistan and its 200 million individuals is totally unacceptable,” the ambassador said.

This reporter learned after interrogating the local government council that “Balochistan House” had signed “industrial contracts” with the local city government as well as advertising companies to “serve” the marketing campaign, and that it that the cancellation of the marketing campaign could lead to authorized claims.

A separate standee marketing campaign elevating slogans towards Pakistan, specializing in minorities, was additionally launched by the group calling itself EOPM and Pakistan Human Rights Organisation. These standees have been moderated by two European youngsters.

The News & Geo had revealed what number of faux web sites are being run and operated from India, containing comparable content material centered towards Pakistan however revealed underneath totally different names and titles.