{"id":43215,"date":"2019-08-09T19:30:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=43215"},"modified":"2019-08-09T19:30:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T14:00:15","slug":"article-370-pak-minister-shares-burhan-wani-funeral-video-as-kashmiris-protesting-against-indian-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/article-370-pak-minister-shares-burhan-wani-funeral-video-as-kashmiris-protesting-against-indian-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Article 370: Pak minister shares Burhan Wani funeral video as Kashmiris protesting against Indian govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi tweeted a video of a mass gathering with the claim that these were Kashmiri people protesting against the Indian government after the recent development in J&amp;K. <em>&#8220;Millions of #Kashmiri rally in IOK against @narendramodi Govt&#8221;<\/em>, reads the message <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliHZaidiPTI\/status\/1159681960299696128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> by Zaidi. The tweet has garnered more than 1,100 retweets at the time of writing of this article.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kashmiri?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kashmiri<\/a> rally in IOK against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> Govt repealing of 35-A. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveKashmirFromModi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveKashmirFromModi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xoHYwSUYaw\">pic.twitter.com\/xoHYwSUYaw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ali Haider Zaidi (@AliHZaidiPTI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliHZaidiPTI\/status\/1159681960299696128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiddharthPJain\/status\/1159706793422942208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Siddharth Jain<\/a> alerted Alt News about Ali Haider Zaidi&#8217;s tweet. Many other individuals on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=Kashmiri%20rally%20in%20IOK%20against&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> have shared the video with the identical narrative.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43231\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Facebook-Zaidis-video.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Facebook-Zaidis-video.png 616w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Facebook-Zaidis-video-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Old video of Burhan Wani&#8217;s funeral procession<\/h2>\n<p>With a generic search on Google, Alt News found old videos of the same event posted by several users on YouTube. &#8220;Funeral<em> procession of Shaheed burhan Muzaffar Wani 9 July 2016&#8243;, <\/em>reads the title of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6pAQ0Lh8JSk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> posted below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Funeral procession of Shaheed burhan Muzaffar Wani 9 July 2016\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6pAQ0Lh8JSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to multiple YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wyEZeFsXVbk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clips<\/a>, these visuals depict a mass gathering at the funeral procession of the divisional commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen Burhan Wani on July 9, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wyEZeFsXVbk\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wyEZeFsXVbk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the comparison below, one can see that the visuals in the video tweeted by Zaidi and the one available on YouTube of Burhan Wani&#8217;s funeral procession are identical. Three elements are seen in the two frames taken from the video posted by Zaida and the one available on YouTube since October 2016. Namely, a yellow-coloured umbrella, Green flag, and a man in red-shirt sporting a skull cap. The funeral was also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yxNgq4seqIc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>India Today<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43262 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-09-18_48_44-imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sSiscitOu7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1249\" height=\"952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-09-18_48_44-imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sSiscitOu7.jpg 1249w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-09-18_48_44-imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sSiscitOu7-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-09-18_48_44-imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sSiscitOu7-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-09-18_48_44-imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sSiscitOu7-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-09-18_48_44-imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sSiscitOu7-74x55.jpg 74w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-09-18_48_44-imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sSiscitOu7-990x755.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1249px) 100vw, 1249px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, a three-year-old video of a slained militant&#8217;s funeral was shared on social media by Pakistan&#8217;s Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs to claim that <span class=\"c-message__body\" dir=\"auto\" data-qa=\"message-text\">a large number of people had gathered in Kashmir to protest the Indian government&#8217;s decision to strip J&amp;K of its special status under Article 370. Earlier, Pakistani journalist Ameer Abbas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/pak-journalist-tweets-old-and-unrelated-images-to-depict-recent-upheaval-in-jk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> old and unrelated photographs to depict the recent upheaval in Jammu and Kashmir.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi tweeted a video of a mass gathering with the claim that these were Kashmiri people protesting against the Indian government after the recent development in J&amp;K. &#8220;Millions of #Kashmiri rally in IOK against @narendramodi Govt&#8221;, reads the message posted by Zaidi. 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