Since the Indian government decided to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, reactions have been pouring in from all corners of the world, especially Pakistan. Pakistani ministers and journalists have taken to Twitter and vociferously slammed the Indian government for taking a "unilateral" decision on an "international matter". While the Narendra Modi-led Indian government has responded to Pakistan's allegations on every official fora, allegations are flying on social media as well.

Syed Ali Haider Zaidi, a Pakistani politician who is the current Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, in office since 11 September 2018, tweeted a video on Sunday with the caption: "Let the world see what @narendramodi Govt is doing in #Kashmir The #Hitler from the East rises while the world sleeps.

@realDonaldTrump should consider imposing trade sanctions on India to control this monster before it’s too late! #SaveKashmirFromModi #IndianHitlerModi".
Responding to the video, an Indian journalist called it out as fake news and said, "Old video from Haryana." This is not the first time that Pakistan minister was called out for fake news and sharing fake videos on social media. Earlier, former Pakistan minister Rehman Malik tweeted a video which showed severely wounded people in Kashmir being carried to safety by people on the streets. In his tweet, he said that the villages of Kashmir were attacked by India Army's gunship helicopters and claimed that a dozen men, women and children were killed. Senior journalists from India, like Pallavi Ghosh and Swati Chaturvedi, slammed Malik on Twitter, terming the video as 'fake' and 'propaganda'.


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