how Indian media published false reports of graves being padlocked in Pakistan to prevent necrophilia?

Times. According to Indian fact-checking website Alt News, several Indian news media outlets, including the Times of India and NDTV, published ANI’s report from their syndicated feed. Alt News also reported that the Hindustan Times, in an article which has since been deleted, used the same picture used by ANI. Several Indian media outlets also included a tweet by ex-Muslim Harris Sultan, who also shared the same image on Twitter and alleged that it was taken in Pakistan. In a fact-check published on April 30, Alt News said that image used by Indian media outlets was actually from a cemetery in India’s Hyderabad.

The image of the padlocked grave shared by Indian news agency ANI.

An image of a grave with a padlocked grille over it was picked up over the last few days by Indian media outlets which then proceeded to incorrectly report that the incident occurred in Pakistan and was done in an effort to prevent necrophilia.

The incident, in fact, took place in India’s

THE ever-widening rift between the ‘common’ man and the Pakistani elite is a fascinating phenomenon. It is quite common nowadays to hear the phrase ‘the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer’. The former half of this statement is certainly accurate.

The cost of living in Pakistan has increased exponentially and despite a large recent interest rate incline by the State Bank (raised to 21 per cent) to attempt to offset inflation, the latest Consumer Price Index recording is the highest in the past 50 years.

However, are the rich really getting richer?

To help analyse this, it is imperative to perform a deep dive into the philosophy that governs the upper echelons of society in Pakistan. Sadly, the most important layers to unwrap here are the ones snugly covering those charged with the leadership of the country. The notion of a traditional Pakistani political ‘rally’ is rather absurd. Our leaders will stand on a grand podium, loudly hurling accusations of every personal nature imaginable at their rivals while the masses gather around and listen eagerly for some indication of a plan to set the country on a prosperous trajectory.

However, current observations have turned any feeling of amusement at absurdity into a sadness at watching cruel irony unfold. A prominent ‘leader’ touring Punjab in her father’s stead, addressed the public in style — in designer clothing. As the camera panned towards the crowd, people cheered enthusiastically while she emotionally proclaimed how deeply she resonates with the pain of the ‘poor’. Now, while knowledge regarding designer clothing is certainly the least of Pakistan’s educational liberation problems — one must wonder if the support would be just as loud if most people were aware of the extent to which the attire prices surpass their average monthly wages.

Hyderabad. On April 27, India Today — citing images circulating on social media — reported that some people in Pakistan had resorted to locking their daughter’s graves “to protect them from sexual violence” as the social environment had given rise to a “sexually charged and repressed society”. Indian news agency ANI on April 29 regurgitated the claims without citing any sources or officials and also referenced an editorial published in Pakistani newspaper Daily

“The cemetery is located opposite Masjid E Salar Mulk, a mosque in Darab Jung Colony, Madannapet, Hyderabad,” the report said, also adding an image of the cemetery’s Google Street View wherein the grave in question was clearly visible. The publication also contacted a social worker named Abdul Jaleel, a resident of Hyderabad, who then visited the spot and provided pictures of the grave in question. Jaleel also spoke to the mosque’s muezzin Muqtar who said that the padlocked grave, which was approximately one-and-a-half to two-years-old,