Pakistan
Friday 9 June 2023
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“It seems like the Americans deliberately left these weapons there, and now they are destabilizing the situation because terrorists may get hold of them.”
Washington had provided the Afghan security forces the weapons to fight the militants. The Taliban seized those weapons after the U.S. withdrawal. -
“[T]he U.S. side might as well do something real and beneficial for the people of Pakistan.”
The U.S. is giving large sums of humanitarian aid to Pakistan. China is misrepresenting U.S. concern about Islamabad’s debt to Beijing. -
“The U.S. wants such leadership in the country [Pakistan] that follows its orders, and [it] brought them to the power for its own use.”
With a political comeback in mind, the deposed ex-prime minister is bashing the United States – with no evidence to back his election-meddling claims. -
“The further development of the situation leaves no doubt that the United States decided to punish the ‘disobedient’ Imran Khan.”
Pakistani P.M. provides no serious proof the U.S. conspired to oust him after refusing to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. -
“The report by certain media on anti-China protests in the Gwadar region is completely groundless.”
Protesters in Gwadar, Pakistan, demanded the eviction of Chinese “trawler mafia.” Local discontent against China’s presence has been growing. -
“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.”
There is powerful evidence the Taliban have committed war crimes against former Afghan government personnel and journalists. -
“There will be no restriction on media freedom [with the new Pakistan Media Development Authority]"
Critics say the new media regulator will be able to punish and censor independent, critical media coverage of the government. -
“According to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. government can never negotiate with a terrorist group, no matter what happens.”
The U.S. Constitution says nothing of the sort. Pakistan has sought to repel claims that it helped spawn and nurture the Taliban. -
“Ties between the Taliban and al-Qaida are bogus, the only ones talking about [such ties] are the government in Kabul and the Americans.”
Al-Qaida has formal status inside Taliban’s Islamic council, and there is abundant evidence of their alliance. -
“Muslim man in India killed by mob after being accused of cow slaughter.”
Despite Yeni Safak’s headline, the article, written by Reuters, indicated the slain man was not a Muslim. -
“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.”
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. -
“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.’”
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.