{"id":80596,"date":"2020-11-19T23:17:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T17:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=80596"},"modified":"2020-11-19T23:24:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T17:54:32","slug":"indian-army-refutes-pti-led-media-reports-of-pinpoint-airstrikes-in-pok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/indian-army-refutes-pti-led-media-reports-of-pinpoint-airstrikes-in-pok\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian army refutes PTI-led media reports of “pinpoint strikes” in PoK"},"content":{"rendered":"

A report<\/a> by Press Trust of India (PTI) made headlines in the evening of November 19. It claimed that the Indian army is carrying out “pinpoint strikes on terror launchpads in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).”<\/p>\n

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“The Indian Army is carrying out “pinpoint strikes” on suspected terror launchpads inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to Pakistani military’s unrelenting efforts to push maximum number of terrorists into India before the onset of harsh winters, sources in the security establishment,” read the report republished by India Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of the earliest to attribute the story to PTI was journalist Prashant Kumar.<\/p>\n

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BIG BREAKING: India carrying out ‘pinpoint strikes’ on terror launchpads inside PoK, PTI reports quoting Govt sources<\/p>\n

\u2014 Prashant Kumar (@scribe_prashant) November 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was carried by nearly every mainstream media outlet including The Times of India<\/a>, Times Now<\/a>, Deccan Herald, Business Standard, ABP News, TV9 Gujarati, OneIndia, India TV and Firstpost.<\/p>\n