{"id":72728,"date":"2020-08-10T16:47:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T11:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=72728"},"modified":"2020-08-10T16:47:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T11:17:17","slug":"video-of-men-uprooting-trees-over-land-dispute-in-pakistan-viral-with-anti-muslim-angle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-men-uprooting-trees-over-land-dispute-in-pakistan-viral-with-anti-muslim-angle\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of men uprooting trees over land dispute in Pakistan viral with anti-Muslim angle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/str\/Tree+plantation+drive+was+started+by+Pak+PM+Imran+Khan\/keywords_blended_posts?f=AbpkZjc7bE-TRwhwqxj_aukEctEawGWLA0lUxUZBcwltz2UTHMEQXN405rSSXJRRnNkH9YvPdhJQg4Bb4WZb7SKptj3JsnB5UFln7xRcEVqJoLjnAxjuLYTgdflakMKqS5ggFd07m2wYwkT_N5d7zYzCLGEccxyLFd5ZJN25JiVbE8OoVbZpA8yftHkALQLkSNU&amp;filters=eyJycF9hdXRob3IiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJtZXJnZWRfcHVibGljX3Bvc3RzXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJcIn0ifQ%3D%3D&amp;epa=SEE_MORE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Tree%20plantation%20drive%20was%20started%20by%20Pak%20PM%20Imran%20Khan&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> users have shared a one-minute video that shows men uprooting plants from a field. The viral text associated with the video reads, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Tree<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">plantation<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">drive<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">was<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">started<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">by<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Pak<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">PM<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Imran<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Khan<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">. <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Look how namazi people oppose it becuase it&#8217;s un!slam!c. Planting <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">tree<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> is against the faith.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Right-wing author <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Renee Lynn claimed that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan &#8220;copying&#8221; his Indian counterpart started a tree plantation drive but locals uprooted the trees because they consider it &#8220;against Islam&#8221;. The video gained close to 10,000 retweets and 4 lakh views as of this writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/BJ4v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Modi Ji on Earth Day started \u201cPlant Trees\u201d project because it has many benefits. Now Pakistan PM Imran Khan is copying Modi &amp; started the \u201cTree Plantation Drive\u201d. Look at these idiot vultures in Pakistan ripping out all the trees. They said \u201cPlanting trees is against Islam&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N4kSOKoeKK\">pic.twitter.com\/N4kSOKoeKK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Renee Lynn (@Voice_For_India) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Voice_For_India\/status\/1292458321572765697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Other Twitter users who shared the viral video include <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MajorPoonia\/status\/1292476682310303746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Major Surendra Poonia<\/span><\/a> and <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Norwegian diplomat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErikSolheim\/status\/1292651891642564611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik Solheim<\/a>. Poonia&#8217;s tweet gained over 8,000 retweets.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-72728 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-men-uprooting-trees-over-land-dispute-in-pakistan-viral-with-anti-muslim-angle\/2020-08-10-14_29_05-settings\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-10-14_29_05-Settings.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-10-14_29_05-Settings.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-10-14_29_05-Settings-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-men-uprooting-trees-over-land-dispute-in-pakistan-viral-with-anti-muslim-angle\/2020-08-10-14_28_49-9-major-surendra-poonia-on-twitter_-_imran-khan-copied-pm-shri-modis-tree-pl\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-10-14_28_49-9-Major-Surendra-Poonia-on-Twitter_-_Imran-Khan-copied-PM-Shri-Modi\u2019s-\u2018Tree-Pl.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-10-14_28_49-9-Major-Surendra-Poonia-on-Twitter_-_Imran-Khan-copied-PM-Shri-Modi\u2019s-\u2018Tree-Pl.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-10-14_28_49-9-Major-Surendra-Poonia-on-Twitter_-_Imran-Khan-copied-PM-Shri-Modi\u2019s-\u2018Tree-Pl-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pakistani Canadian author Tarek Fatah wrote in foul language that &#8220;jihads&#8221; uprooted saplings to practice &#8220;killing infidel kaafirs&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pakistani Jihadis uprooting tree saplings to practice killing infidel kaafirs.<\/p>\n<p>Which begs the eternal question:<br \/>\nHow does one country produce so many rectums? Just how does Pakistan do it?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ADNkdmvrR9\">pic.twitter.com\/ADNkdmvrR9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tarek Fatah (@TarekFatah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TarekFatah\/status\/1292468051435237377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs r-1ny4l3l\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1awozwy r-18u37iz r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-18u37iz r-1q142lx r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao css-bfa6kz r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-1ddef8g r-3s2u2q r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\">\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">IPS officer Dipanshu Kabra <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ipskabra\/status\/1292691657557602305?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quote-tweeted<\/a> Solheim and wrote, &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Even God can&#8217;t bless a nation where extremist thinks, &#8220;Tree Plantation is &#8220;Anti-Islam&#8221; All religions preach that \u201cWe the people of Earth, must respect &amp; protect all living beings and embrace our relationship with the environment. Our deepest sympathies with <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@ImranKhanPTI.&#8221; <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Kabra later<\/span> deleted his tweet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ravinder Sangwan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=4502698726408688&amp;id=100000058148952&amp;scmts=scwspsdd&amp;extid=EAIP3dHH7Chzib4p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> the viral video on Facebook with the same narrative. It gained over 6,700 shares.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72729 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-10-13_06_32-4-\ud83d\udd38Tree-plantation-drive-was-started-by-Pak-PM...-Ravinder-Sangwan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-10-13_06_32-4-\ud83d\udd38Tree-plantation-drive-was-started-by-Pak-PM...-Ravinder-Sangwan.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-10-13_06_32-4-\ud83d\udd38Tree-plantation-drive-was-started-by-Pak-PM...-Ravinder-Sangwan-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1awozwy r-18u37iz r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao css-bfa6kz r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-1ddef8g r-3s2u2q r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\">\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=plantation+pakistan+uproots+trees&amp;t=newext&amp;atb=v232-6&amp;iar=news&amp;ia=news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">keyword search<\/a> &#8216;plantation Pakistan uproots trees&#8217; and found an August 9 report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/latest\/698311-locals-uproot-trees-of-pti-lawmakers-plantation-campaign-in-khyber-over-land-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The News<\/a>, a Pakistan-based website. The article includes a video of a news bulletin that shows the viral video. The outlet also tweeted the article.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Locals uproot trees of PTI lawmaker&#39;s plantation campaign in Khyber over land dispute<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The News (@thenews_intl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thenews_intl\/status\/1292433510993735681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As per the report, the chaotic incident took place at the Mandi Kas area in Khyber Agency in Pakistan. Newly-planted trees were uprooted by locals over alleged &#8220;forceful plantation on private land&#8221;. The tree plantation drive was an initiative by <span class=\"module__title__link\">Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf<\/span> member Iqbal Afridi as a part of\u00a0 Pakistan&#8217;s 10 Billion Tree Tsunami, a nationwide plantation drive.<\/p>\n<p>On August 9, PM Khan had organised the &#8220;biggest&#8221; plantation drive in the country with the goal to plant at least 35 lakh trees.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I want everyone to join me tomorrow, 9 Aug, in planting trees all over Pak. Have asked my MPs, ministers, Chief Ministers and Tiger Force to participate in the biggest tree planting campaign in our history. The target is 35 lakh trees in a day though we will try to exceed it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI\/status\/1292028530289709058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Afridi admitted that the plantation campaign in Mandi Kas had been carried out on private property. He told The News, &#8220;The locals were angry over the unauthorised tree plantation campaign. We&#8217;re trying to have negotiations with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/amp\/1573461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dawn<\/a>, a district administration official said that there was a dispute between two powerful tribes over the ownership of the land. &#8220;One of the parties was present when the campaign was inaugurated, while the other was unaware about the drive and uprooted the saplings,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Riaz Ghafur, a former faculty member at Edwardes College Peshwar, had tweeted the viral video condemning the incident. He subsequently shared another video where people can be seen planting trees. Ghafur told Alt News that the elders of the tribe which did not oppose the plantation drive later planted trees on the same land.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ps\">\u062f\u0627 \u0647\u0645 \u0632\u0645\u0627 \u0642\u0627\u0645 \u062f\u06cc!<br \/>\n\u0686\u0627 \u0686\u06d0 \u0646\u0646 \u0628\u0648\u067c\u064a \u0648\u06cc\u0633\u062a\u0644\u064a \u0648\u0648\u060c \u0631\u0627\u063a\u0644\u0644 \u0627\u0648 \u0628\u06cc\u0627 \u0626\u06d0 \u0648\u06a9\u0631\u0644. \u0681\u06a9\u0647 \u0686\u06d0 \u0628\u0648\u067c\u064a \u06a9\u0647 \u062f \u062f\u069a\u0645\u0646 \u067e\u0647 \u0632\u0645\u06a9\u0647 \u0648\u064a \u0627\u0648 \u06a9\u0647 \u062f \u062f\u0648\u0633\u062a \u0641\u0627\u0626\u062f\u0647 \u0626\u064a \u067c\u0648\u0644\u0648 \u062a\u0647 \u0648\u064a.<br \/>\n\u067e\u0627\u0645 \u06a9\u069a\u06d0 \u0644\u0631\u0626 \u0686\u06d0 \u062f\u0627 \u067e\u06d0\u069a\u0647 \u062f \u062e\u06d0\u0628\u0631 \u067e\u069a\u062a\u0648\u0646\u062e\u0648\u0627 \u067e\u0647 \u0636\u0644\u0639 \u062e\u06d0\u0628\u0631 \u06a9\u069a\u06d0 \u0645\u062e\u064a \u062a\u0647 \u0631\u0627\u063a\u0644\u064a \u0648\u0647.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PlantforPakistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PlantforPakistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QgCAxRjijf\">https:\/\/t.co\/QgCAxRjijf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WEU3lC4xTA\">pic.twitter.com\/WEU3lC4xTA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riaz Ghafur (@riazghafur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/riazghafur\/status\/1292497628165439489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thus, social media claim that people in Pakistan opposed a tree plantation campaign because it is &#8220;unIslamic&#8221; to plant trees is ridiculous and false.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared a one-minute video that shows men uprooting plants from a field. The viral text associated with the video reads, &#8220;Tree plantation drive was started by Pak PM Imran Khan. Look how namazi people oppose it becuase it&#8217;s un!slam!c. Planting tree is against the faith.&#8221; Right-wing author Renee Lynn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":72737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,55],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-72728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Video of men uprooting trees over land dispute in Pakistan viral with anti-Muslim angle - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Video of men uprooting trees over land dispute in Pakistan viral with anti-Muslim angle - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared a one-minute video that shows men uprooting plants from a field. 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