A List Of Indian Media Lies - Dishonesty of Indian Media

By Sikander Hayat

A very well coordinated, well planned, dishonest, deceitful and meticulously venomous campaign is being waged against Pakistan at the movement by the Indian media and its politician who are trying to out do each other in spewing hatred against Pakistan, its governments, its institutions and worst of all; its entire people.
There is red mist descending on Indian media houses ( who are making money in the form of increased advertising revenues by increasing their viewership and who have an interest in keeping this untruthful saga going by as many untruthful accounts as they could). The role of media in this whole saga is beyond description, typical Indian incompetence and lazy reporting by not researching the facts before making them headline news is the biggest journalistic crime being committed at the movement.
Never before anything like this has been witnessed and it seems the only beneficiary is the ideology of hate. Hundreds of Indian news channels are reporting thousands of contradictory accounts by one man (the captured terrorist). From the time, it was revealed that one of the terrorists has been captured, every hour a different story has emerged.
Another fact which tells us that this is all set up to entrap Pakistan is this that there was a complete intelligence failure on part of the Indian authorities before the attack happened and apparently nobody in the Indian security intelligence knew what was happening but as soon as the attack began there was total intelligence ( Even when the Indians had not captured anyone) they knew, while the fire fight was still going on, the names of the people, how they got to Mumbai, who was there controller ( a guy called Rehman has been mentioned) , the route they took to get there. You name it and Indian Intelligence services had that information and that is when the fight was still going on.
Here is the list of lies reported by Indian media, which were made the headline news on most of the International media without any checks. Most of these have already been found to be untrue and rest will become very clear very soon.

• There were British Pakistanis involved in the attack. (This story readily picked up by the British press and it harmed the already fragile community relations in UK). Turned out to be an untruthful account by the blood thirsty and incompetent Indian media.

• Indian authorities said that all 10 of the terrorists who attacked the city of Mumbai last Wednesday were from Pakistan.


• The [Anti-Terror Squad] officer also disputed Indian press assertions that the attackers were Pakistani, saying they were of many nationalities.

• After the [terrorists'] training was over, they were sent to Mumbai for a "short internship," [Azam Amir] Kasab is believed to have told the cops. This was the period when the accused did the [reconnaissance] of the city and even went to the five star hotels (Taj and Oberoi), the sources said.
—Times of India, Dec. 1, 2008

• Investigators are probing whether the information came by way of local help, or whether a separate team of militants carried out a reconnaissance mission from abroad to the financial centre on India's west coast to scope out targets and prepare the attacks.
—Wall Street Journal, Dec. 2, 2008

• Elite Indian commandos spoke of fierce battles through the maze of corridors and 565 rooms of the 105-year-old Taj Mahal hotel in which the terrorists had a better knowledge of the building's layout than security forces.
—Financial Times, Nov. 28, 2008

• "I do not think they knew the hotel inside out," [said City Police Commissioner Hassan Gafoor].
—Washington Post, Dec. 3, 2008

• Azam Amir Kasab, 21, a Pakistani national, claimed the terror strikes, which left nearly 200 dead, were intended to kill as many as 5,000 people and that he and his fellow militants were ordered to target whites—especially Britons and Americans. The claims were made in what a police source said was a transcript of his questioning.
• —The Times of London, Dec. 1, 2008

• Police believe attacks at the Leopold cafe, popular with tourists, and at CST station, may have been diversions to provide cover as other gang members stormed their two main targets—Mumbai's two luxury hotels, the Taj Mahal and Trident-Oberoi.
—The Age (Melbourne) Dec. 1, 2008

• "It seemed like they were in a hurry," [Leopold Café owner Farhang Jehani] said. "It was as if they wanted to shoot as many people as they could even though this was not their main target. Their motive might have been to divert the police, who have a station across the street, to keep them occupied as they headed to the Taj hotel."
—Washington Post, Dec. 1, 2008

• [Captured terrorist] Kasab has allegedly revealed that their plan was to take hostages at the Taj hotel, Oberoi Hotel and Nariman House and then use them to escape from the city, [a senior police official] added.
—Press Trust of India, Nov. 29, 2008

• The sole Mumbai gunman captured alive has told police he was trained in Pakistan and ordered to "kill until the last breath," according to a leaked account of his interrogation.
The Times of London, Dec. 1, 2008

• [The terrorists] also intended to escape Mumbai after the attacks, but officials say it might have been a formality. One Indian official said that he believes the terrorists knew well in advance that they were on a one-way mission.
—ABCNews.com, Dec. 1, 2008

• The terrorists thought they would come out alive and had an escape route, added [gunman] Kasav.
—Daily Mail, Dec. 1, 2008

• "Their plan was just to cause maximum damage and return with hostages protecting themselves," [said Mumbai Police Joint Commissioner for Crime Rakesh Maria]
—The Times, Dec. 2, 2008

• Another GPS unit recovered in Mumbai suggested that the terrorists planned to return to the [hijacked fishing] vessel if they survived the attacks, [Rakesh] Maria said."
—Wall Street Journal, Dec. 2, 2008

• [T]he militants carried bundles of Indian rupees, packets of raisins and nuts to keep their energy high. …
—Wall Street Journal, Dec. 2, 2008

• Officials said drug paraphernalia, including syringes, was recovered from the scene of the attacks, which killed almost 200 people. ...
• "We found injections containing traces of cocaine and LSD left behind by the terrorists and later found drugs in their blood," said one official.
• "There was also evidence of steroids, which isn't uncommon in terrorists."
—Daily Telegraph, Dec. 2, 2008

• An officer of the Anti-Terror Squad branch in Mumbai, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the news media, said [Kasab] had given inconsistent answers to questioning, sometimes saying there were 10 attackers, sometimes more than 10.
—New York Times, Dec. 1, 2008

• Only 10 militants have been identified, but, according to a private TV channel, Azam Amir Qasab apparently confirmed there were 15 attackers.
—BBC.com, Dec. 1, 2008

• Most of what Mr. [Azam Amir] Kasab has said so far has proven accurate, [Rakesh Maria] said in the interview.
—Wall Street Journal, Dec. 2, 2008


• The government has not allowed outside access to the captive, who is said to have identified himself as Ajmal Amir Qasab, a Pakistani citizen who was wounded in the leg and was being treated at a military hospital.
—New York Times, Dec. 1, 2008

• The terrorist [Kasab] was taken to the hospital after he was hit in the hand by a bullet in the early stages of the assault on Mumbai last week.
—The Australian, Dec. 2, 2008

• "[Kasab] had some aberrations and bruises on his upper and lower limbs. He did not have any bullet injury and did not require surgery. He was given treatment on the spot and there has been no active treatment on him after that," said Ravi Ranade, dean of B Y L Nair hospital.
—IndianExpress.com, Dec. 2, 2008

• After being captured, Kasab was taken ... to Nair hospital where he was treated for minor injuries. He reportedly told medical staff: "I do not want to die. Please put me on saline."
—The Guardian, Nov. 30, 2008

• "He kept saying, 'Please kill me. I do not want to live,' " said Kishore C. Bhatt, 56, a hospital volunteer who was there that night. "He was on a stretcher about three to four feet away from me. He was injured. His face had no expression, but his voice sounded angry."
—Washington Post, Dec. 3, 2008