Fake AJK Videos Exposed: Those protests in AJK on TV? They're actually a year old

[Areesh]

Shubhra Dixit · Sep 30, 2015 · 07:02 pm

The Kashmir circus is back in town. Pakistan is complaining at the United Nations, India is complaining about Pakistan's complaints and the Indian media is doing something that is somewhat questionable. A few hours before Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was due to address the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, familiar reports have surfaced of human-rights violations by both the countries in their respective sections of Kashmir.

In India, one channel took it further. On Tuesday CNN-IBN broadcast what it claimed was exclusive footage of protesters in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir demanding azaadi (freedom), followed by a brutal crackdown by authorities. CNN-IBN failed to put a date to the video, giving the impression that these are ongoing events. Headlined Living Hell in Azad Kashmir, the report purports to show locals claiming that Pakistani authorities are corrupt and are the alleged perpetrators of state terror.

It turns out, however, that some of the footage was picked up from clips on YouTube that are all at least a year old. The video below posted by a journalist with Express News, a news channel in Azad Kashmir, says these are protests against load shedding and ill-planned development projects. The clip is dated March 24, 2013.

Protests against Pakistan's alleged oppression in the region were held in Muzaffarabad but this was in 2014. A man seen speaking in IBN's latest clips actually made his comments last year. He is seen at about the two-minute mark in the clip below.

Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry has labelled CNN-IBN's report as propaganda, said the footage had been doctored. India, however, says it is proof of Pakistan's neglect and mistreatment of the region.

Most often, the media narrative has focussed on the heavy handedness of Indian security forces in Kashmir, where some people have been demanding freedom for decades now. For once, there seemed to be an opportunity to show that the residents of the Pakistani part of Kashmir are protesting too. However, it seems like this broadcast was delayed too long.

Those protests in Azad Kashmir on TV? They're actually a year old

 

[Windjammer]

Poor Indians, no other method to counter the ongoing situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir had to resort to digging up over a year old news.....even then compare it with Pakistani flag appearing almost daily on Srinagar streets where as people in Azad Kashmir probably don't even know what Indian flag looks like.

 

[AyanRay]

Take your head out of your as$ and read the article. Thank You.

Yes I have read it. The report says its one year old video. And in the video itself you can hear people shouting for Azadi from PAKISTAN

Take your head out of your as$ and read the article. Thank You.



And even then they were not protests for freedom but load shedding. Something that was very common all over Pakistan including AJK.

Protest for load shedding and shouting for Azadi... That's a very unique protest indeed.

 

[Dubious]

At least you accepted this videos are not doctored. 1 year old but non doctored video.

And in 1 year I suppose situation has changed and people are not calling for Azadi anymore??

BTW, if may be an old one but CNN IBN did a good job in bringing out the voices of this freedom fighters so that the world could see.

Learn to read he even made it bold esp for your kind: says these are protests against load shedding and ill-planned development projects. The clip is dated March 24, 2013.

Source: Fake AJK Videos Exposed: Those protests in AJK on TV? They're actually a year old

 

[Areesh]

Yes I have read it. The report says its one year old video. And in the video itself you can hear people shouting for Azadi from PAKISTAN

The video is of protest against load shedding. Frustrated people can shout anything. Load shedding in summer is difficult to tolerate. Even this Indian website accepts it is protest against load shedding.

 

[AyanRay]

Learn to read he even made it bold esp for your kind: says these are protests against load shedding and ill-planned development projects. The clip is dated March 24, 2013.

Source: Fake AJK Videos Exposed: Those protests in AJK on TV? They're actually a year old

Please see the videos, what the protestors are chanting, do you believe the are angry because of power cuts?

Azadi means freedom - freedom from load shedding ...

See the videos again ... Pakistan se Azadi..

The video is of protest against load shedding. Frustrated people can shout anything. Load shedding in summer is difficult to tolerate. Even this Indian website accepts it is protest against load shedding.

So a kashmiri shouting for Azadi in Srinagar and a kashmiri shouting azadi in Azad Kashmir is different?!!

The Indian website is quoting your news agency

 

[Areesh]

See the videos again ... Pakistan se Azadi..

Lol I have seen Indians abusing India in frustration because of corruption and bad governance in India. Doesn't mean they are enemies of India.

So a kashmiri shouting for Azadi in Srinagar and a kashmiri shouting azadi in P0 K is different?!!

It is not me but an Indian website that is calling it a protest against load shedding. It isn't hard to understand. Accept the reality. Your media has fooled you once again.

 

[Dubious]

Please see the videos, what the protestors are chanting, do you believe the are angry because of power cuts?



See the videos again ... Pakistan se Azadi..



So a kashmiri shouting for Azadi in Srinagar and a kashmiri shouting azadi in P0 K is different?!!

The Indian website is quoting your news agency

Could be an indian who crossed over....

That's what your news channel has claimed. Read the article again.While your NSA has said the entire video is fake there were no protest at all. Whom to believe?

at least it wasnt this year....fake meaning not this years...

 

[Areesh]

The title is contradicting itself. Year old means these protests happened a year ago. So how can it be fake !?

Fake because even this one year old protest was against load shedding and not against Pakistan as your presstitutes claimed. Hence fake.

 

[Dubious]

these protests happened a year ago.

So how can it be fake !

They can be fake in terms of the context they were aiming at

 

[Dubious]

Protests happened in Gilgit, Muzzafarbad and Kotli and the people were screaming 'Aazadi' 'Pakistani fauzioyo Kashmir hamara hai'. What kind of load shedding was that !!??

for the 1st time? How is it first time when the video is old and has already been played? Damn desperation has a new twist!

anti Pakistan protest?

When it is protest against load shedding...Similar protest could be seen when Benazir died ....

 

[Areesh]

Arreee, our own source is quoting a Pakistani source, please read it again.

Yup. And that Pakistani source is well known for its neutral or even borderline anti Pakistan attitude. It was a protest against load shedding. they called it a protest against load shedding. End of story.

 

[Areesh]

I dont believe our media. And you too should not . You are believing one selective news portal bcoz thats what you want to hear

I believe in that news portal because I know AJK and GB very well. I can accept that earth is flat but people of AJK and GB betraying Pakistan. not going to happen dear.

you police beat Kashmir people with so brutality for load shedding protests...wow

Yup. Better than stoning someone to death for eating beef.

 

[Areesh]

End of story??? Will you not raise your voice for this kashmiri poor freedom fighters. Hear what they are chanting

End of story since issue of load shedding is very much in control in present government tenure. As for hearing chants. You go what people of Srinagar chant every day while raising Pakistani flags.

 

[AyanRay]

Kashmir's in Azad Kashmir deserve plebiscite

Mod Edit: Pakistan calls for a plebiscite in Azad Kashmir and IOK. Go read a book for once.