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PIB Fact Check debunks fake Daily Telegraph report circulated by Pakistan
Published on May 16, 2025
By IANS
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- NEW DELHI — The central government has exposed yet another instance of fake news being circulated by Pakistan on social media -- this time involving a fabricated front page of a reputed British daily.
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- According to a fact-check issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), an image making the rounds on various social media platforms purportedly shows the front page of the UK-based 'The Daily Telegraph', dated May 10.
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- The headline reads: "Pakistan Air Force: The Undisputed King of the Skies." However, the PIB has confirmed that the image is entirely fake and AI-generated.
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- "An image circulating on social media claims to show the front page of UK-based newspaper The Daily Telegraph, featuring a headline that reads: "Pakistan Air Force: The undisputed king of the skies” dated 10th May 2025 ", is fake," the PIB Fact Check team stated in a post.
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- What has raised further concern is that the fake image was not only circulated online but also cited by Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar during a statement to the country's Senate on Thursday.
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- In a follow-up post, the PIB said: "This #fake claim was further amplified by Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar during his statement to the Senate on 15 May 2025. By endorsing a completely fabricated image and headline, #Pakistan intentionally lent official weight to a piece of digital deception."
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- Earlier, the PIB fact-check team dismissed a viral social media claim suggesting that the last rites of an Indian Air Force (IAF) Rafale pilot were conducted following alleged casualties during 'Operation Sindoor'.
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- PIB flagged multiple Pakistan-based accounts that circulated old images, claiming they depicted the funeral of a Rafale pilot who supposedly died on May 7. The PIB clarified that the image is from 2008 and has no connection to recent events.
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- The incident highlights the increasing use of AI-generated misinformation in geopolitical narratives and the role of official channels in either checking or amplifying such content.
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