Srinagar, Sept 17: The false propaganda of Pakistan Television stood exposed yet again when the channel claimed that voters were dragged out of their houses in Lolab Assembly constituency in Kupwara district without realising that the elections were countermanded there after the death of Jammu and Kashmir minister Mushtaq Ahmed Lone.
"People were dragged out by Indian army in Lolab constituency and forced to vote," said the news reader on Pakistan Television last night in its prime time bulletin.
Elections to this assembly constituency would now be held on October eight along with Doda district.
This was not an isolated false propaganda by Pakistan television, which went on to say that several polling staff were killed when militants ambushed polling stations in Kupwara, Baramulla and Rajouri.
The 30-minute news telecast devoted nearly 20 minutes to suggest that the elections were farce in the first phase and even doubted that the government would continue with its remaining phases. Bureau Report