Says the issue is being formal­ly taken up with BBC author­itiesThe Pakistani military has strongly rebutted a recent news report about alleged human rights violations in the erstwhile North Waziristan Agency as “a pack of lies and in violation of journalistic ethos”. In the June 2 report – titled ‘Uncovering Pakistan’s Secret Human Rights Abuses’ – the British broadcaster accused the Pakistani military of rights abuses during a military offensive, codenamed Zarb-e-Azb, in North Waziristan. The BBC report is apparently premised on an ‘airstrike on January 22, 2014’ that had allegedly killed terrorist commander Adnan Rasheed in the Hamzoni area of Waziristan. The military’s media wing – the ISPR – said in a statement on Monday that the BBC report, which is based on ‘conjecturing’, tried to “implicate Pakistan Army without any proof”. “Besides not availing full opportunity offered by the ISPR, the BBC report ignored available official government stance on recent Kharkamar check post incident in North Waziristan,” it added.

Source: The Express Tribune June 03, 2019 19:41 UTC