The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) called a BBC Urdu report “fake” on Sunday, claiming that a “unpleasant” meeting between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson Imran Khan 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.
According to the BBC, the former prime minister had Gen Bajwa removed as army chief and was not expecting his visit to the PM’s Office, which included a “exceptional security routine.”
“Today’s BBC Urdu news is completely false and based on lies. “The usual propaganda piece lacks any trustworthy, legitimate, or relevant source and violates basic journalistic principles,” the ISPR said, adding that “the bogus news has no reality at all and plainly appears to be part of an organised disinformation campaign.” The BBC has been contacted about the situation.”
In a June 2019 BBC report titled “Uncovering Pakistan’s Secret Human Rights Abuses,” Pakistani security forces were accused of committing widespread brutality against people of the former FATA during anti-terror operations.
The government of Pakistan filed a protest in reaction to a “defamatory and malicious narrative” published by a foreign news outlet against Pakistani security services, but the BBC has yet to make an apology.
According to insiders, the BBC has been spreading a “pack of lies” not only about Pakistan but also about the rest of the world. “There have been so many occasions in the past where BBC’s so-called ethical journalism has turned out to be phoney, contrived, and lacking in journalistic ethos,” they continued. The following are a few examples of phoney BBC editorial policies and journalism.
