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News18
14-05-2025
- Politics
- News18
Pakistan Photoshops Old Image To Show Submarine, Naval Readiness Against India, Called Out
Last Updated: Pakistan showcased a doctored two-year-old image from a joint naval drill with China to falsely depict its naval readiness against India. Amid heightened tensions with India, Pakistan seems to have run a cocktail of misinformation and fake propaganda by using a two-year-old image to falsely show their Navy's preparedness against India. The photos were displayed during a press conference in Islamabad, where senior Pakistani military representatives, including Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed, Director General of Public Relations for the Pakistan Air Force, and Vice Admiral Raja Rab Nawaz, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations attempted to show their country's air, land, and sea assets in the wake of a conflict with India. At the briefing, Pakistan officials showed an image purportedly depicting the active deployment of Pakistan's naval fleet. The image also featured a submarine, two warships, and three aircraft, defining the setup as operational readiness to respond to India. However, social media users were quick to identify that the image had previously appeared in an official Radio Pakistan publication in December 2023. According to reports, the original image was clicked during a joint Pakistan-China naval exercise in the Indian Ocean, and shows a formation of Chinese and Pakistani warships with three Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft flying in formation overhead. The original image also did not include a submarine, which mysteriously appeared in the image presented at the Islamabad press conference, thus proving that the same was doctored. The images used in the DGISPR press brief about the Pakistan Coast Guard seizing a 'navy" are actually from 2023 , and they were clearly photoshopped even back then #NuclearLeak #ceasefire — Manglam Mishra (@ManglamMis67977) May 13, 2025 During the press briefing, the country's Naval chief expressed complete satisfaction and confidence over operational preparedness of the Pakistan Navy Fleet. He also acknowledged and praised the dedication and professionalism of officers and men in successfully achieving operational objectives and milestones for the year 2023. This comes amid the Press Information Bureau's regular fact checks, exposing Pakistan's barrage of false news and claims. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Adampur airbase in Punjab proved Pakistan's claims of destroying the facility were false. Amid retaliatory strikes by India, Pakistan had claimed it had inflicted heavy damage to the facility. However, satellite imagery from third parties, such as China's Mizar Vision, had also confirmed that no structural damage was caused to the airbase. First Published: May 14, 2025, 14:50 IST
NDTV
14-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Pakistan Uses Old, Morphed Image To Claim Its Navy's Operational Readiness
New Delhi: The Pakistani military has come under scrutiny for presenting outdated and digitally manipulated imagery to support claims of heightened naval operational readiness. The image in question, prominently displayed during a recent press briefing, has since been proven to date back to at least 2023. At a recent press conference in Islamabad, senior Pakistani military representatives, including Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed, Director General of Public Relations for the Pakistan Air Force, and Vice Admiral Raja Rab Nawaz, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, attempted to convince the Pakistani people that its air, land and sea assets are at their optimal best for deployment. Vice Admiral Nawaz showed a photo purportedly depicting active deployment of Pakistan's naval fleet, featuring two warships, a submarine, and three aircraft, in what was described as an operational response to escalating tensions with India. Image analysis and archival verification reveal that the photograph had previously appeared in an official Radio Pakistan publication in December 2023. The original image, taken during a joint Pakistan-China naval exercise in the Indian Ocean, shows a formation of Chinese and Pakistani warships with three Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft flying in formation overhead. The same image was used in a 2023 article. The image did not include the submarine seen in the version presented at the press event. This discrepancy strongly suggests that the image was digitally altered before being repurposed. A submarine, likely a Pakistan Navy diesel-electric vessel, was inserted into the image, an addition absent from the original photograph published under the headline "Naval Chief lauds achievements of operational objectives by Pakistan Navy." That article reported on the Fleet Annual Efficiency Competition Parade held in Karachi and featured remarks by Admiral Naveed Ashraf. There has been a deluge of misinformation and disinformation from Pakistan since tensions escalated bwteen the two countries after India's retaliatory move in response to the Pahalgam terroris attack, which killed 26 people. The digital campaign extended beyond social media. Mainstream Pakistani media outlets carried segments reinforcing unsubstantiated claims, often citing unnamed "official sources" and offering little to no visual or documentary evidence.
