ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday dismissed as fake the news with regard to the Pakistani diaspora in France “being spread by some sections of Indian media and dummy Twitter accounts,” saying the “baseless and misleading information is patently a handiwork of Indian anti-Pakistan propaganda machine working overtime.”
“We’ve noticed some fake news with regard to the Pakistani diaspora in France being spread by some sections of Indian media and dummy Twitter accounts,” said Pakistan’s Foreign Office in a statement.
“The baseless and misleading information is patently a handiwork of Indian anti-Pakistan propaganda machine working overtime,” it added.
The Pakistani diaspora in France is law abiding and contributing positively to the French economy, the statement said adding that there are no complaints from them of difficulties in the aftermath of the recent developments.
Earlier on Saturday, Pakistan categorically rejected “Indian Prime Minister’s insinuation of Pakistan’s involvement in the Pulwama attack by alluding to remarks made by a Minister in the National Assembly. This is a brazen attempt to twist the remarks of the Federal Minister, who was referring to the befitting response given by the Pakistan Armed Forces in broad day-light to India’s ill-conceived misadventure of 26 February 2019, in violation of the UN Charter and international law.”
On Thursday, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said in the lower house of the Parliament, “We struck India in their home.”
He was referring to Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF’s) response to Indian Air Force (IAF) on February 27, 2019, in which two IAF fighter jets were shot down and Indian fighter pilot Abhinandan was arrested. PAF had responded to IAF’s violation of Pakistan’s air space a day earlier.
“The way we hit India inside their territory after the Pulwama incident—India’s own media and political leadership is embarrassed by that,” Chaudhry had said.
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