The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday that a BBC Urdu report claiming an “unpleasant” meeting between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson Imran Khan (Ex-PM) and Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa took place at the Prime Minister’s Office hours before Imran’s ouster via a no-trust vote was “fake.”
According to the BBC, the former prime minister had replaced Gen Bajwa as army leader and was not expecting his visit to the PM’s Office, which included an “extraordinary security routine.”
“BBC Urdu story published today is totally baseless and a pack of lies. The typical propaganda story lacks any credible, authentic and relevant source and violates basic journalistic ethos,” the ISPR said, adding, “There is no truth in the fake story whatsoever and clearly seems part of an organized disinformation campaign. The matter is being taken up with BBC authorities.”
In June 2019, the BBC published a piece titled ‘Uncovering Pakistan’s Secret Human Rights Abuses,’ which accused Pakistani security forces of committing widespread brutality against people of the former FATA during anti-terror operations.
In reaction to a “defamatory and malicious story” published by a foreign news outlet against Pakistani security personnel, the government of Pakistan filed a complaint demanding an apology, but the BBC has yet to give one.
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