{"id":7618,"date":"2026-02-27T17:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=7618"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:49:33","slug":"pakistani-social-media-users-expose-sky-news-false-anti-pakistan-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2026\/02\/27\/pakistani-social-media-users-expose-sky-news-false-anti-pakistan-claims","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani social media users expose Sky News\u2019 false anti-Pakistan claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:58ff0f6d-205f-444e-aa9f-5a768d4b3653-13\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-28\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"4f96a175-e353-4f4a-ad1d-a6b972cab852\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"146\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"22\">Lahore :<\/strong> Pakistani social media users have exposed misleading reports by <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sky News<\/span><\/span> targeting Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"500\">The outlet had falsely claimed that Pakistan was attacked by the Afghan Air Force, a claim that quickly sparked widespread criticism online. Under public pressure, the post was deleted. Thousands of Pakistanis on social media dismissed the report, pointing out that \u201cthe Afghan Air Force does not even exist\u201d and labeling the claim entirely baseless.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"862\">This is not the first time <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sky News<\/span><\/span> has faced criticism for allegedly spreading false narratives against Pakistan and its armed forces. Anchor <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Yalda Hakim<\/span><\/span>, of Afghan origin, has previously been accused of promoting anti-Pakistan narratives, which has drawn scrutiny and debate on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"864\" data-end=\"1123\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Pakistani users condemned the news outlet for unprofessional reporting, arguing that spreading false information violates basic journalistic principles. The episode has reignited questions about the credibility and reliability of the organization\u2019s reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore : Pakistani social media users have exposed misleading reports by Sky News targeting Pakistan. The outlet had falsely claimed that Pakistan was attacked by the Afghan Air Force, a claim that quickly sparked widespread criticism online. Under public pressure, the post was deleted. Thousands of Pakistanis on social media dismissed the report, pointing out &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[160,2294],"class_list":["post-7618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-social","tag-headline","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7620,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7618\/revisions\/7620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}