The government has constituted a 10-member joint task force (JTF) to identify perpetrators of malicious propaganda against the state.
The panel, formed with the approval of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, will identify individual groups and organisations involved in creating and spreading fake and misleading news.
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The JTF has been constituted consequent upon recent incidents of terrorism and vandalism and a massive malicious campaign to discredit the state in general and security forces in particular.
Multiple domestic and foreign based media platforms are being used to perpetrate concocted, baseless and inciting news implicating state apparatus for committing serious human rights violations, said an statement issued by the Prime Minister Office.
“This campaign is aimed at creating serious law and order situation in the country and foment provincialism and ethnic cleavages for specific political interests,” it added.
The team has been tasked to present its findings in 10 days to bring the perpetrators to justice at the earliest.
