{"id":84358,"date":"2021-01-14T14:04:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T08:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=84358"},"modified":"2021-01-14T14:04:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T08:34:33","slug":"massive-protest-against-hazaras-killings-pakistan-kargil-laddakh-pok-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/massive-protest-against-hazaras-killings-pakistan-kargil-laddakh-pok-false\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of protest in Ladakh against Hazara killings shared as PoK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 10, @RadioChinar tweeted a video claiming that it shows a protest rally allegedly held in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir&#8217;s (PoK) Gilgit-Baltistan against the atrocities inflicted on Pakistan\u2019s Hazara community by the Pakistani Army. The video received more than 15,000 views at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210112154702\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioChinar\/status\/1348252354441748480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84360 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-14-at-8.22.05-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-14-at-8.22.05-AM.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-14-at-8.22.05-AM-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/hindi\/india-55606948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to a BBC report<\/a>, &#8220;At least 11 coal miners working in the Mach area of Bolan district, about 100 km southeast of Quetta, the capital of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, were kidnapped and murdered on the night of January 2. All the deceased miners belonged to the Hazara caste of Shia Muslims. Extremist organisation Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.\u201d After the incident, members of the Hazara community <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-pakistan-attack-protests\/protests-over-killing-of-hazara-spread-to-karachi-other-cities-in-pakistan-idUSKBN29C1CF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">held demonstrations<\/a> in a number of cities in Pakistan, including Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>Army General Satish Dua also quote-tweeted the viral clip. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210112154909\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSatishDua\/status\/1348465998597263360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No comments <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VyYBoWUrN2\">https:\/\/t.co\/VyYBoWUrN2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lt Gen Satish Dua\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@TheSatishDua) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSatishDua\/status\/1348465998597263360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Retired Major General Harsha Kakar quote-tweeted @RadioChinar&#8217;s tweet, writing, &#8220;The truth which Pakistan&#8217;s media will never share&#8221;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210112154828\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/kakar_harsha\/status\/1348538272067121153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The truth which Pak media will never share <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V5tIN66rs4\">https:\/\/t.co\/V5tIN66rs4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar (@kakar_harsha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kakar_harsha\/status\/1348538272067121153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=hazara+killing+protest&amp;sxsrf=ALeKk02VCdqvUW1L-2STkMcsXitEVrCf_Q:1610459998790&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=vid&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjK7puBx5buAhVOWH0KHaMxAYkQ_AUoAnoECA0QBA&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">keyword search<\/a> and found another video posted on YouTube on January 8. The title of this clip is &#8220;Kargil: Massive Protest Against Hazaras&#8217; Killing In Pakistan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Kargil: Massive Protest Against Hazaras&amp;apos; Killing In Pakistan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ImLWimD9S8?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>\n<p>A YouTube channel named &#8216;Jkupdate&#8217; said that the video shows demonstrations in Ladakh.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Thousands of people protest in Kargil against killing of Shia people in Pakistan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_iZxI7GgQJM?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>\n<p>A similar hoarding appears in the YouTube video and the viral clip. Similar slogans are also heard in both.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-84359 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-30.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-30.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-30-300x106.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-30-768x271.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus, visuals of a demonstration held in protest of the killing of Hazara Shia miners in Ladakh, India, were falsely shared as Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 10, @RadioChinar tweeted a video claiming that it shows a protest rally allegedly held in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir&#8217;s (PoK) Gilgit-Baltistan against the atrocities inflicted on Pakistan\u2019s Hazara community by the Pakistani Army. The video received more than 15,000 views at the time of writing. 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