During the recent military confrontation between India and Pakistan, the Indian government as well as its media made bizarre and unbelievable claims about the success of their attack on Pakistani targets and even went to the extent of claiming to have captured many cities. Those claims were immediately contradicted by the international media, which confirmed Pakistan’s ascendancy in the battle, confirming that India had lost six of its planes, including the much-hyped French Rafale planes. However, India kept denying it until after the cessation of hostilities, the truth was unravelled, and ultimately an Indian general and the government also confessed their losses, proving the fact that a lie has no legs.

But the Indian media still continues to bandy around fake news to malign Pakistan and undermine her sovereignty. The latest misadventure in this regard is a report carried by the *Economic Times of India* claiming that a Pakistani journalist, Imtiaz Gul, in a social media video gone viral, has claimed that the strategically significant Nur Khan Air Base at Rawalpindi was under American control and even senior Pakistan Army officers were barred from interference. He is further quoted to have claimed that American aircraft were frequently spotted at the base and there was a consistent lack of transparency regarding their operations and cargo. This report has been picked up by many other publications and some vloggers, including Shahbaz Gill, a stalwart of PTI, who has thought it appropriate to reinforce this impression in his tweet. It is indeed a very damaging report regarding Pakistani sovereignty and transparency in military cooperation with the USA.

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However, the scam to malign Pakistan and spread........

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