Police from Karachi Defense have arrested the alleged suspect who caused a large-scale violent commotion after a knife attack on three young girls in Southport, UK.
It should be noted that law enforcement agencies in Pakistan were investigating claims that disinformation about the attacks originated from a website linked to Pakistan, a week after the last stabbing. is from
Now there is a new development in this regard. DIG Operations said that the police took Farhan Asif from the defense into custody, Farhan Asif will be handed over to FIA for further investigation.
Faisal Kamran said that Farhan Asif works for a news platform from Pakistan, the accused is accused of giving wrong identity of the killer of 3 girls in UK Police handed over Farhan Asif to FIA Cybercrime.
After the death of a knife attack in Britain, the search for false information reached Lahore
It should be noted that recent reports by the UK media identified a disreputable platform, Channel3Now, as having spread false information claiming that the British-born 17-year-old suspect was a Muslim immigrant. who arrived in Britain on a boat.
After which Lahore’s Deputy Inspector General (Operations) Faisal Kamran said that he is reviewing the claims of British broadcaster ITV News and has started an investigation.
There was no confirmation of any official contacts between the two governments on the matter, but local law enforcement sources said the person identified in the ITV report was a person working for the website. was a freelancer, collecting crime news from the UK and US and republishing the news for clicks and advertising revenue.
In the case of the death of 3 girls in a knife attack in the UK, violent protesters threw stones at the police, cars were set on fire
It should be noted that the BBC in Investigative News tracked down several people associated with Channel3Now, which the said platform “makes money by aggregating crime news and sensationalizing it, and on this news website from several countries including Pakistan and India.” Recruit freelance writers.
The BBC tracked down the people behind Channel3Now, including people from Pakistan, Canada and the US.
A person associated with the platform, who gave his name as Kevin, revealed that there are “more than 30” people working for the site and they are all freelancers in the US, UK, Pakistan and India.
An interview with Lahore-based Farhan Asif, who works for Channel3Now from Lahore, was published by ITV, describing Farhan Asif as ‘a key player in a network of news websites promoting lies’.
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Also, according to ITV, Channel3Now gives the impression of being an American-style TV channel where only sensational news is published.
In contrast, the BBC quoted Kevin as saying that Farhan Asif was not involved in the fake Southport story, for which the news site publicly apologised, blaming “the UK-based team”.
It is also worth noting that although some reports refer to the freelancer as a journalist, journalistic circles in Lahore say that they have never heard of him.
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2024-08-22 12:03:37
