{"id":17230,"date":"2025-12-02T23:10:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=17230"},"modified":"2025-12-02T23:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:10:03","slug":"social-media-accounts-traced-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/02\/social-media-accounts-traced-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media accounts traced spreading anti-Pakistan propaganda from abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Social media accounts traced spreading anti-Pakistan propaganda from abroad<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>ISLAMABAD<strong>:<\/strong> Pakistani security agencies have identified 33 social media accounts allegedly involved in a sustained online propaganda campaign targeting <a href=\"http:\/\/ISPR\" target=\"_blank\">Pakistan<\/a> and its state institutions, security officials said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"647\">Investigators claim the accounts have been actively spreading <em data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"524\">false, hostile and inflammatory content<\/em> as part of what they describe as a coordinated campaign originating from Afghanistan, India, and Central Asian states.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"949\">According to officials, 22 of the traced accounts are operated by individuals linked to <em data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"760\">Fitna al-Khawarij<\/em> \u2014 a term used by the state for militants associated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The remaining 11 accounts are reportedly run by other anti-Pakistan operators.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"989\"><strong data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"989\">Activity Traced to Afghanistan<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1282\">A considerable number of the accounts \u2014 including those operating under the names Mufti Noor Wali, Ghazi Media Net, Al Hassan Mahmood, Syed Ar Sahil, Shaheed Mudassir, Voice of Hindu Kush, Muthanna Ibn Haritha, Hassan Badr and others \u2014 were traced back to Afghanistan, investigators said.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1284\" data-end=\"1313\"><strong data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1313\">Central Asian Network<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1314\" data-end=\"1664\">Security officials added that several accounts, such as Ehsanullah Ehsan and Islamabad Post, are being operated from Central Asian countries by individuals allegedly linked to TTP-affiliated groups. Other accounts from the region include Nuqta, Rahmatullah Katawazai, Al Sharia Ansar Pakistan, Sar Bakaf Mohmand and Khorasan Bulletin.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"1695\"><strong data-start=\"1670\" data-end=\"1695\">India-Based Operators<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"2054\">Investigators also identified accounts traced to India, reportedly running under the names Meriyar Baloch, Nighat Abbas, Conflict Monitor, Pakistan Untold, War Horizon, The Daily Malaap, Firdous Khan, World Update and Amazing Vol. Another account, Barak Lancer, was detected operating from South Asia and accused of amplifying similar narratives.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"2056\" data-end=\"2089\"><strong data-start=\"2060\" data-end=\"2089\">Coordinated Online Effort<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2090\" data-end=\"2253\">Security sources say the findings indicate a <em data-start=\"2135\" data-end=\"2169\">well-organized digital operation<\/em> aimed at targeting Pakistan, inciting distrust, and undermining state institutions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2255\" data-end=\"2373\">Officials emphasize that investigations are ongoing, and further action will be taken based on the evidence collected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media accounts traced spreading anti-Pakistan propaganda from abroad ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security agencies have identified 33 social media accounts allegedly involved in a sustained online propaganda campaign targeting Pakistan and its state institutions, security officials said on Monday. Investigators claim the accounts have been actively spreading false, hostile and inflammatory content as part of what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2298],"tags":[3641,2601],"class_list":["post-17230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-anti-pakistan-propaganda","tag-social-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17230"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17233,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17230\/revisions\/17233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}