{"id":44789,"date":"2019-08-28T15:54:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T10:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=44789"},"modified":"2019-08-28T20:47:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T15:17:37","slug":"old-video-from-pakistan-shared-as-atrocities-on-kashmiris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-from-pakistan-shared-as-atrocities-on-kashmiris\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video from Pakistan shared as atrocities on Kashmiris"},"content":{"rendered":"

A clip showing police entering people\u2019s homes by force has been shared on social media with many claiming that the incident took place in Kashmir.<\/p>\n

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Posted by Md Husen Belim<\/a> on Tuesday, 27 August 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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The video is also circulating on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

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2013 video from Pakistan<\/h2>\n

This clip was earlier debunked by\u00a0BBC<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>when it was viral with the claim that it depicts atrocities on Hindus in Pakistan. BBC\u00a0<\/em>spoke to one of its correspondents from Islamabad who informed that the video pertains to an incident that took place in Faisalabad in Pakistan\u2019s Punjab province in 2013.<\/p>\n

Pakistani media\u00a0Dunya News<\/a>,\u00a0Geo TV<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Express\u00a0<\/a><\/em>Tribune<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>had reported the event where citizens were thrashed by personnel of Pakistan\u2019s \u2018Elite Forces\u2019.<\/p>\n

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According to\u00a0Dunya News,\u00a0<\/em>\u201c\u2026during a protest against electricity load-shedding in Faisalabad, police entered the houses of protesters and manhandled their women.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

BBC\u00a0<\/em>Islamabad correspondent Umar Daraz informed that Faisalabad is prone to electricity shortages but in 2013 the situation turned dire. People took to the streets in protests after complaining of power outages for 14-16 hours a day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had resorted to throwing stones and had also burned down a FESCO office, after which police officers abused and assaulted the protesters,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>per a June 2013\u00a0Express Tribune<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>report. Three police personnel\u00a0Babar Masih, Tauseef Ahmed, Abid Hussain were\u00a0suspended<\/a>\u00a0after police excess on Muslim families.<\/p>\n

Alt News had debunked<\/a> the video in January 2019 when it was shared with a different false claim. The video has been doing rounds with distorted facts in other countries as well. A Persian website\u00a0\u2018Shia News Association\u2019<\/a> in 2014 claimed that it depicted Pakistani police excess on Afghan refugees. In 2015, the video was circulated with the claim that it portrayed\u00a0Pakistani police brutality on Christians. From a YouTube handle\u00a0\u2018Peace Worldwide\u2019<\/a>, it attracted over 95,000 views.\u00a0A Twitter user from Europe, who is followed by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal\u2019s Office, also\u00a0shared<\/a>\u00a0the identical video with the \u2018Christian\u2019 narrative, but in 2017.<\/p>\n

Since the revocation of key provisions of Article 370, social media has been brimming with all kinds of misinformation. From the Pakistani social media ecosystem, there has been a visible attempt to portray brutality on Kashmiris. Alt News has debunked a plethora of such claims.<\/p>\n