PPP Chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said that following the Pahalgam attack in occupied Kashmir and the brief but intense military escalation with Pakistan last month, India \u201clost its international credibility due to a lack of transparency and widespread disinformation\u201d.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Pakis\u00adtan launched a broad-based engagement campaign to present its perspective on the conflict with India to the world and counter New Delhi\u2019s unproven allegations. As part of its global outreach, a delegation led by Bilawal visited the United States, London and Brussels.<\/p>\n
Addressing reporters at the National Press Club in Islamabad, the PPP chairman stressed that through spreading false information, both in the media and through diplomatic channels, India stripped itself of credibility.<\/p>\n
\u201cPakistan gained victory on the narrative front, which is beneficial,\u201d Bilawal said. \u201cThe whole world saw what the Indian [and] Pakistani media were doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople all over the world were reading and accepting Pakistani media reports. The entire world knew that [the Indian] government was already lying, and their media had insinuated that they produced credible journalism,\u201d the PPP chairman added.<\/p>\n
Addressing reporters, he said, \u201cYou showed in these five days that we have an impartial and credible media. Every country has their problems, but the Pakistani media community played the biggest role in the narrative victory during those five days, due to the media community\u2019s credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thanking the journalist community for their accuracy and reporting, Bilawal added that he was proud of how Gen Z \u2014 the first generation born into the digital age \u2014 handled social media during the four-day war.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor politicians, our word is our weapon; every political party handled the narrative the way they could, not just on local forums but internationally as well,\u201d he stated. \u201cBut even more than that, Pakistani media\u2019s role was historic, and their credibility was established on an international level during those five days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking further, Bilawal emphasised that India, for the first time, spread disinformation through diplomatic channels, not just through the mass media.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first time our neighbour was communicating lies on even diplomatic hotlines to different countries,\u201d he lamented. \u201cIndia didn\u2019t show transparency, which is why its credibility suffered.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that it took India a month to accept their missile \u201cmight have been neutralised\u201d, while Pakistan openly confirmed shooting down a number of their aircraft in self-defence.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndia\u2019s war was based on lies; that\u2019s when Pakistan stood with the truth,\u201d Bilawal stated. \u201cWhen they blamed Pakistan for the Pahalgham attack, we didn\u2019t deny history. If our PM hadn\u2019t asked for an impartial investigation on an international level, then India would have been successful in convincing the world that we were behind the Pahalgham attack.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bilawal said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif \u201ctook the right decision at the right time, which is why we could establish credibility\u201d. The PPP chairman also said that Pakistan\u2019s own \u201ccredibility problem\u201d was largely resolved through making the media more transparent.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe speak not just for the Pakistani people but for the Indian people, too. We don\u2019t want hatred to pass down through generations. The new generation will not accept India\u2019s message of hate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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