Naimat Khan, a journalist employed by Arab News, highlighted the widespread dissemination of inaccurate information by the Indian media.
Indian news platforms have been disseminating reports claiming that Maulana Qaiser Farooq was assassinated in a targeted attack in Karachi, asserting that he held a significant role within Lashkar-e-Taiba and was closely affiliated with Hafiz Saeed.
Fact check: Maulana Qaiser Farooq, who was killed by unknown assailants in Karachi yesterday, was associated with Gulshan-e-Umar, a branch of Binori Town, a top Deobandi seminary in Karachi. This institution has no connection with Jamaat ud Dawa pic.twitter.com/KVUP3VOknP
— Naimat Khan (@NKMalazai) October 1, 2023
However, Khan conducted a thorough fact-check and rectified these reports by asserting that Maulana Qaiser Farooq, who was killed by unidentified assailants in Karachi, had ties to Gulshan-e-Umar, a subdivision of Binori Town, a prominent Deobandi seminary in Karachi. He emphasized that this institution had no association with Hafiz Saeed.
Is there any Indian news outlet that hasn't published this fake news, labeling a Deobandi cleric as a member of LeT and a close aide of Hafiz Saeed? @htTweets, @WIONews, @IndiaToday, and others have published it without bothering to conduct a simple fact-check. https://t.co/vLXHeyangQ pic.twitter.com/9G9QKkAtw0
— Naimat Khan (@NKMalazai) October 2, 2023
