Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill has been caught attempting to falsely present a 'social media paid actor' as a supporter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) who has been shown defending Prime Minister Imran Khan in two separate videos he shared on social media.
The woman in the interview has reportedly appeared in multiple pro-PTI videos shared on social media.
Posting the video to his Twitter account, Shahbaz Gill captioned "This is the daughter of this nation. This is intellectual freedom. I wish our great intellectuals could come out of their hatred and see this and be able to think."
In the video, the woman tells the interviewer that Imran Khan is the country's only hope, as the previous leaders were all 'thieves'. She goes on to say there is no longer any poverty or hunger in Pakistan.
https://twitter.com/SHABAZGIL/status/1503598322866606081
In response, many on social media called out the SAPM on Political Communication for purportedly trying to falsely represent a paid political ad as an authentic interview.
"This's third time she's been seen with this interviewer. Nice propagative script but every irrelevant got so relevant as soon as no-confidence motion is submitted" wrote one social media user.
https://twitter.com/faheem2010m/status/1503984048951414785
Several on social media shared an earlier video with the same woman.
https://twitter.com/Ahmed_WB/status/1463974943708831763
https://twitter.com/Aadiiroy2/status/1503725213204328456
"Fiza (overseas Pakistani) and Shiza (local Pakistani) both support PTI" joked another social media user, referring to a popular Pakistani television drama.
https://twitter.com/MJibranNasir/status/1504000162217222154
The PTI has made the dissemination of fake news one of their main rallying cries, often claiming that foreign forces are attempting to infiltrate Pakistani media with misinformation. Earlier this year, President Arif Alvi promulgated amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), ostensibly in an attempt to stop the sharing of fake news on social media.
The woman in the interview has reportedly appeared in multiple pro-PTI videos shared on social media.
Posting the video to his Twitter account, Shahbaz Gill captioned "This is the daughter of this nation. This is intellectual freedom. I wish our great intellectuals could come out of their hatred and see this and be able to think."
In the video, the woman tells the interviewer that Imran Khan is the country's only hope, as the previous leaders were all 'thieves'. She goes on to say there is no longer any poverty or hunger in Pakistan.
https://twitter.com/SHABAZGIL/status/1503598322866606081
In response, many on social media called out the SAPM on Political Communication for purportedly trying to falsely represent a paid political ad as an authentic interview.
"This's third time she's been seen with this interviewer. Nice propagative script but every irrelevant got so relevant as soon as no-confidence motion is submitted" wrote one social media user.
https://twitter.com/faheem2010m/status/1503984048951414785
Several on social media shared an earlier video with the same woman.
https://twitter.com/Ahmed_WB/status/1463974943708831763
https://twitter.com/Aadiiroy2/status/1503725213204328456
"Fiza (overseas Pakistani) and Shiza (local Pakistani) both support PTI" joked another social media user, referring to a popular Pakistani television drama.
https://twitter.com/MJibranNasir/status/1504000162217222154
The PTI has made the dissemination of fake news one of their main rallying cries, often claiming that foreign forces are attempting to infiltrate Pakistani media with misinformation. Earlier this year, President Arif Alvi promulgated amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), ostensibly in an attempt to stop the sharing of fake news on social media.