

{"id":29804,"date":"2019-03-05T22:13:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=29804"},"modified":"2019-03-05T22:35:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T17:05:20","slug":"old-image-viral-as-graves-being-dug-in-pakistan-after-indian-air-force-airstrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-viral-as-graves-being-dug-in-pakistan-after-indian-air-force-airstrike\/","title":{"rendered":"Old image viral as graves being dug in Pakistan after Indian Air Force airstrike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image viral on social media, including WhatsApp, is being shared with the narrative that it represents graves being dug in Pakistan for the casualties in the Balakot airstrike by the Indian Air Force.\u00a0<em>&#8220;#\u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928-\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u096a \u0926\u093f\u0928-\u0938\u0947-\u0932\u0917\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0930-\u0915\u092c\u094d\u0930\u0947# \u0916\u0941\u0926\u0935\u093e\u092f\u0940-\u091c\u093e-\u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u0924\u0941\u092e \u0905\u092d\u0940 \u0924\u0915 \u0938\u092c\u0942\u0924 \u092a\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0905\u091f\u0915\u0947 \u0939\u094b (Since the last five days, graves are being dug in Pakistan and you are still asking for proof),&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>is the caption being used to circulate the image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29814 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-05-at-7.35.50-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-05-at-7.35.50-PM.png 570w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-05-at-7.35.50-PM-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The photograph has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=163342141327128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> on Facebook by several individual users.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29813 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/soma.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1349\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/soma.png 1349w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/soma-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/soma-768x318.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/soma-1024x424.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/soma-990x410.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/soma-1320x547.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1349px) 100vw, 1349px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many Twitter users have also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sambit_swaraj1\/status\/1102545683620356097\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">circulated<\/a>\u00a0the same image with the identical caption.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29815 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-27.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-27.png 387w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-27-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From an Instagram account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BujnTE2A4Fa\/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&amp;igshid=3lheefd8yzyx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">united hindu<\/a>, the image has 900 likes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29816 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-28.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1349\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-28.png 1349w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-28-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-28-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-28-1024x462.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-28-990x446.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-28-1320x595.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1349px) 100vw, 1349px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Old image<\/h2>\n<p>Alt News reverse-searched the image on Google and found it in a 2016 report by\u00a0<em>Khas Khabar\u00a0<\/em>(republished by <a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.topyaps.com\/pakistan-collective-graves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">topyaps.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29820 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-29-e1551805366322.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-29-e1551805366322.png 855w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-29-e1551805366322-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-29-e1551805366322-768x468.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Google reverse-image search also threw up a 2013\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/02\/18\/world\/asia\/explosion-in-crowded-market-kills-dozens-in-pakistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>article carrying a similar image. The photograph was sourced to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apimages.com\/metadata\/Index\/Pakistan\/1718d15de97d4039b754adbabacb3e53\/1\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Associated Press<\/em><\/a>, which described it as,\u00a0<em>&#8220;Pakistani men prepare the graves of Saturday&#8217;s bombing victims in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>This photograph seemed to be of the same location as the viral image but taken from a different angle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29830 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-30.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1349\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-30.png 1349w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-30-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-30-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-30-1024x462.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-30-990x446.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-30-1320x595.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1349px) 100vw, 1349px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/news-photo\/pakistani-shiite-muslims-dig-graves-for-yesterdays-bomb-news-photo\/161853174\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getty Images<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>has also stocked similar photographs of mass graves from the 2013 bombing in Pakistan. However, these are also not identical to the viral image but seem to have been shot at the same location.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29831 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/bomb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"942\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/bomb.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/bomb-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/bomb-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/bomb-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/bomb-187x124.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While Alt News was unable to confirm the exact time and location of the viral photograph, we could ascertain that it has existed on the internet since at least 2016. Therefore, cannot represent the aftermath of Balakot airstrike.<\/p>\n<p>After India&#8217;s airstrike on JeM camps and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/intention-of-air-strike-was-to-send-out-a-message-union-minister-ss-ahluwalia-2001996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">succeeding reports<\/a> that there were no casualties in the attack, misinformation on social media is being circulated in large numbers to prove that the airstrike caused massive devastation in Pakistan. Earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/images-of-earthquake-unrelated-terror-attacks-shared-as-impact-of-iaf-airstrike-in-pakistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">images from the 2005 Kashmir earthquake<\/a> were shared as the impact of IAF airstrike. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/multiple-indian-media-channels-play-old-footage-as-iaf-strike-on-jem-camps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Misleading videos<\/a> are also being shared on social media to assert the same. 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