After India's military strike on nine terror sites under Operation Sindoor in POK and Pakistan, a pool of misinformation has emerged from Pak media and its government in the aftermath of the strike by India on Wednesday (May 7). Many of the social media handles of Pakistan has falsely claimed that Pakistan had retaliated by launching missile strikes at 15 locations inside India. Some even claimed that Srinagar Airbase had been hit by the Pakistan Air Force and that an Indian Army Brigade Headquarters had been destroyed.
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Such claims were heavily circulated on the social media platform X by accounts linked with the Pakistani military.
The Press Information Bureau(PIB) rejected all such false claims.
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"In a video shared by several pro-Pakistan handles, it is being falsely claimed that the Pakistan Airforce has targeted Srinagar airbase. The video shared is old and NOT from India. The video is from sectarian clashes that took place in the year 2024, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Rely only on official Government of India sources for authentic Information," PIB said on X.
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Despite any evidence or visuals, these false claims continued being circulated on X and were amplified by several mainstream...
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