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Fact Check: Asad Umar was NOT removed from his position as the Finance Minister
Claim: ARY News ran the headline that Asad Umar was removed from his position as Finance Minister
Fact: Severl PTI polticians clarified on Twitter that Asad Umar is still the Finance Minister
Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has made major shuffles within its cabinet, removing at least five cabinet members, including Finance Minister Asad Umar, media reports claimed Monday.
Among other ministers were interior and petroleum ministers, reports said.
While it was claimed that Umar will be handed over the portfolio of the petroleum minister instead, amid all the confusion, The Current went the extra mile for verification of the claims.
“No such decision to change ministries or the ministers’ portfolios has been taken,”
PTI Public Relations head said.Not later, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry also stepped up to refute the claims.
“No truth to reports claiming change in the portfolios of ministers,” he tweeted, adding that “media should act responsibly”. The info minister further said that spreading such rumours wasn’t in better interests of the country.
Verdict: FALSE
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Twitter lauds Pakistani troops for rescuing flood-affected Hindu pilgrims
Pakistan’s paramilitary troops have successfully rescued dozens of Hindu pilgrims trapped near Gandawa in Balochistan after a flood hit the area on late Saturday night.
According to the details, over 150 Hindu pilgrims were rescued through helicopters and shifted to safe places.
The personnel of Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps (FC), Levies Force and Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) took part in the operation launched on the directions of Balochistan chief minister.
The successful operation was widely lauded by Twitterati. Here’s what they had to say:
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ISPR chief trolls Indian leader for copying Pakistan’s Defence Day anthem
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor has trolled a leader of India’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for stealing the composition of a song released earlier this year by the media wing of Pakistan’s military.
As per the details, Raj Singh of Narendra Modi’s party copied the song ‘Zindabad Pakistan’ and recorded it by changing it to ‘Zindabad Hindustan’. He also dedicated the song to Indian armed forces.
“Glad that you copied. But copy to speak the truth as well. #PakistanZindabad,” the ISPR chief tweeted while sharing the clip that later went viral over the internet.
Here’s the original version:
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VIDEO: PM Imran Khan spotted with Pakistan’s ‘nuclear launch codes’
Prime Minister Imran Khan has been spotted with “Pakistan’s nuclear launch codes”, a foreign journalist claimed Tuesday.
Earlier this week, PM Imran was interviewed by BBC’s John Simpson. The interview that came following heightened tensions with India, discussed future ties of the two neighbouring countries.
With the premier walking away after the interview, he was followed by an officer carrying a briefcase that Simpson revealed held “nuclear codes”.
“Following him [Imran Khan], I was told, the officer carrying the briefcase that holds Pakistan’s nuclear codes,” he said.
WATCH VIDEO:
While what the briefcase really holds remains a mystery, here’s what Twitterati have to say.
