Pakistan
Friday 27 May 2022
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Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
“The further development of the situation leaves no doubt that the United States decided to punish the ‘disobedient’ Imran Khan.”
Read more...Pakistani P.M. provides no serious proof the U.S. conspired to oust him after refusing to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. -
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Zhao Lijian
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson
“The report by certain media on anti-China protests in the Gwadar region is completely groundless.”
Read more...Protesters in Gwadar, Pakistan, demanded the eviction of Chinese “trawler mafia.” Local discontent against China’s presence has been growing. -
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Zabihullah Mujahid
Taliban spokesman
“We seriously reject the report of Human Rights Watch, which said that the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate allegedly committed war crimes. The organization should not base its reports on misinformation.”
Read more...There is powerful evidence the Taliban have committed war crimes against former Afghan government personnel and journalists. -
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Farrukh Habib
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting
“There will be no restriction on media freedom [with the new Pakistan Media Development Authority]"
Read more...Critics say the new media regulator will be able to punish and censor independent, critical media coverage of the government. -
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Hira Mustafa, journalist
“According to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. government can never negotiate with a terrorist group, no matter what happens.”
Read more...The U.S. Constitution says nothing of the sort. Pakistan has sought to repel claims that it helped spawn and nurture the Taliban. -
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Zamir Kabulov
Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan
“Ties between the Taliban and al-Qaida are bogus, the only ones talking about [such ties] are the government in Kabul and the Americans.”
Read more...Al-Qaida has formal status inside Taliban’s Islamic council, and there is abundant evidence of their alliance. -
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Yeni Safak
Turkish daily
“Muslim man in India killed by mob after being accused of cow slaughter.”
Read more...Despite Yeni Safak’s headline, the article, written by Reuters, indicated the slain man was not a Muslim. -
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Press TV
Iranian State-Owned Media Outlet
“In 2009, independent research conducted by a team of international scientists discovered, after analyzing some dust samples from the debris in the area where the skyscrapers collapsed, that they all contained a red layer of active thermitic material, incorporating nanotechnology.”
Read more...The claim was debunked years ago. The “research” cited in the article did not actually find “thermitic material,” and thermite and similar compounds are not used – and, in fact, cannot be used -- in controlled demolitions. -
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Times of India
Indian news outlet
“Russia has endorsed India's move of abrogating Article 370 and bifurcating the state of Jammu & Kashmir, saying the exercise was ‘carried out within the framework of the Constitution of the Republic of India.’”
Read more...No reference to this subject is found in the Russian Foreign Ministry’s briefing of August 9, the date cited in the article. No such quote can be found on the foreign ministry’s website, and ministry has not responded to a question on the quote. -
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Dmitry Smirnov
Kremlin Special Correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper
“At the age of 94, George Bush Sr. died - the man who started the Gulf War, marking the beginning of the current chaos in the Middle East.
If we say nothing but good about the dead, about Bush Sr. say nothing.”
Read more...While many have criticized President George H.W. Bush for an inconclusive outcome of the Persian Gulf War, it is simplistic and misleading to attribute Middle Eastern conflicts, or “current chaos” to Bush’s actions in 1991. -
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Semyon Slepakov
Russian TV Comedy host and singer
“Russia is ready to host the World Cup. The stadiums are open. The cops are polyglots. That is a quick recap of many years of work.We're not going to lose face in front of the planet. It’s not for nothing we terrified [the planet] with a missile. In general, all is well. But there is only one “but”: Our team, frankly, is sh-t.”
Read more...The International Federation of Football Association, the world soccer authority better known as FIFA, ranked Russia’s national team #70 and labeled it a “worst mover.” -
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Namal Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan politician
Emirates Air #Moscow informs I won’t make my Houston Flight as #US Officials instruct them to not let me board. Valid reason yet to be received. US has the Sovereign right of course. Sure it has nothing to do with my name, being part of #lka opposition or my travel from #Russia (winking emoji)
FalseRajapaksa lists no qualifications as an election observer and he had no visa to enter the U.S.Read more...U.S. Border Control officials confirmed that Namal Rajapaksa had no valid visa to enter the United States. Rajapaksa's passport was reportedly impounded by his own government due to an ongoing criminal case for money laundering in Sri Lanka.
