Tag: Pakistan

Weaponizing Narratives: A Study of Pakistan-Linked Misinformation Targeting India

Khushboo Singh

Executive Summary Over the last three months, multiple investigations, fact-checks, and digital monitoring exercises conducted by DFRAC identified a sustained pattern of misinformation campaigns originating from or amplified by Pakistan-linked social media ecosystems targeting India. These campaigns have evolved beyond conventional geopolitical propaganda and increasingly exploit communal sensitivities, regional tensions, political polarization, and public distrust. […]

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Information Warfare: Pakistan-Linked Network Pushes Anti-India Disinformation During Iran–Israel–US Conflict

Khushboo Singh

As tensions escalate in the ongoing Iran–Israel–United States conflict, the information ecosystem has witnessed a parallel surge in misinformation and propaganda. The DFRAC investigation has identified a coordinated network of social media accounts largely linked to Pakistan that are actively disseminating digitally manipulated videos and misleading narratives targeting India. This campaign appears designed to distort […]

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Fact Check: Digitally Altered Video Falsely Shows Ravish Kumar Praising Pakistan While Criticizing the Modi Government

Khushboo Singh

Pakistani propaganda handles on social media are circulating a video of Ravish Kumar. In the clip, he is allegedly heard criticizing the Modi government and claiming that India is becoming globally isolated, while Pakistan has emerged as a central player on the global stage and a “net security provider. Sharing the video, a user named […]

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Fake Claim: Russia Did Not Reject Afghanistan’s Border Claim with Pakistan

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After a meeting, social media users shared an official photograph of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shaking hands, dismissing Afghanistan’s claim concerning the Pak-Afghan border and reaffirming that the boundary is legitimate and internationally recognized. Fact Check The DFRAC team’s research revealed that the claim shared on the 23rd of Oct, […]

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From Fake Tweets to Global Headlines: Pakistan’s Engineered Narrative Against India

Aayushi Rana

Part 1: Background and Context Understanding this disinformation campaign requires looking at the bigger picture of regional politics in South Asia and the Middle East. When the Israel-Iran conflict escalated in June 2025, it created a perfect storm for Pakistan to launch a sophisticated information warfare operation against India. Pakistan found itself in a difficult […]

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Fake News of Nuclear Warhead explosion and radiation leak at Beas BrahMos Depot shared

Aayushi Rana

Several Pakistani social media accounts have circulated a document bearing the Indian government seal and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) stamp, claiming it as evidence of a radiation leak following a precision strike by Pakistan on the BrahMos missile storage facility in Beas, Punjab. According to these posts, the alleged strike triggered an explosion […]

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