Social media campaign to discredit Pak Army ‘joint project’ of PTI & India: Pak Defence Minister

Islamabad 17 August : Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Wednesday that a "negative" social media campaign that targeted the tragic event of the crash of an army helicopter during flood relief efforts in Balochistan earlier in the month was an "joint campaign" of the PTI and India against the Pakistan Army, media reports stated.

The issue was discussed at the press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday Asif claimed that there were 18 Indian accounts were found to have been in the process of being involved in the campaign using social media platforms, according to the report "Their channels state"Iran Khans work does for us is amazing, even if wed spent billions of dollars, we wouldnt have been able to build the type of network that will protect and promote the interests of India in Pakistan like the PTI and its leader are doing"," the Defence Minister declared.Asif claimed that, while everyone was mourning over the Lasbela helicopter crash The PTIs social media pages with the assistance of Indian as well as other social media accounts located offshore were conducting an "smear campaign" against the army and the country, Dawn reported.

In reference to reports that were published in the press a few days earlier, Asif said an investigation into the campaign had revealed that 529 Pakistani accounts as well as 18 Indian accounts, and 33 other accounts were part of the "This investigation is coming to a final stage," he said, saying that action will be taken based on the results in conformity with the law as well as Constitution.