“Former Pakistani Diplomat admits to 300 casualties in IAF airstrike at Balakot”
MEDIA AGENCIES
Claim dated 9 Jan 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Former Pakistani Diplomat Zafar Hilaly did not admit to 300 casualties in 2019 Balakot airstrike. Indian Media houses aired an edited video of Zafar Hilaly’s interview in ‘Hum Tak’ news channel.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
MEDIA AGENCIES made this claim around 9 January 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 January 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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