On January 10, Pakistani activist in exile Arif Aajakia tweeted a 26-second clip of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. The video begins abruptly and Khan can be heard saying, “If Pakistan needs a strong army, it is today. And why? Because of our counterpart… in 73 years… there hasn’t been a government like this.” Seconds later we hear a voiceover by a news presenter reiterating the same. The video carries the logo “92 Plus”.<\/p>\n
\nHere he comes with a truth, its rare bcoz @ImranKhanPTI<\/a> hardly spills truth..
\n1st time, there is a government in India that Pakistan fears, otherwise, there was always a friendly government in Bhaarat, that continued apeasement despite all terrorism from Pakistan in Bhaarat. pic.twitter.com\/52OmUaJhkg<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Arif Aajakia (@arifaajakia) January 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The next day, columnist Shefali Vaidya posted the same video and wrote, “You cannot have a more ringing endorsement of @narendramodi govt than this. Your sworn enemy publicly admitting that in 73 years India had never had a government as strong and iron-willed as this!” She also posted this on Facebook<\/a> which gained over 1,400 reactions.<\/p>\n
\nYou cannot have a more ringing endorsement of @narendramodi<\/a> govt than this. Your sworn enemy publicly admitting that in 73 years India had never had a government as strong and iron-willed as this! pic.twitter.com\/ajRvG0y0mR<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Shefali Vaidya. (@ShefVaidya) January 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Clipped video<\/h4>\n
Alt News performed a keyword search “92 News” on YouTube<\/a> and found Pakistan-based news channel 92 News HD. We rummaged the channel and found the news bulletin that includes the section shown in the viral video.<\/p>\n
This bulletin gives only the headlines thus includes 20 seconds of Imran Khan’s full speech. However, the anchor provides context.<\/p>\n
The viral video is clipped from 0:56<\/a> to 1:16. Listening to the clip beyond the 1:16 mark, we learnt that Khan was referring to EU DisinfoLab’s report<\/a> on fake websites in India. The report showed how dead media, dead think-tanks and NGOs, and dead people were resurrected as part of a disinformation network. As per the report, this network is active in Brussels and Geneva producing and amplifying content to undermine Pakistan primarily.<\/p>\n