The Prime Minister did not hand out empty envelopes in flood relief
A journalist claimed that Pakistan's Prime Minister handed out empty envelopes in an effort to relieve the flood in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Shakir Mehmood Awan, a lahore-based journalist covering nowadays in Buner, KPK, named who was arrested before, for claiming false narratives against the government officials and institutions, and was later released.
Actual claim
Shakir Mehmood Awan claimed that only four of the personnel were victims of flood devastation, while others were government employees who were not affected by the floods. He also claimed that the envelopes were empty, with the Prime Minister only having a pictorial session with the flood victims. Without giving any proof or details about his claims, he posted videos on YouTube, along with posting on X.
Tweet on X claiming empty envelopes given by the Prime Minister
Fact Check:
According to the Gonernment sources as well as local sources the Narrative Build by Shakir Mehmood Hassan is false as the flood victimes had received there checks from the Government of Pakistan, and the claims are proven to be false as no substantial evidence or proof have been provided by the Journalist. The local sources along with comment section are narrating the opposite story. Hence, the claim had been fact-checked and turned out to be false as there's no truth in the above claims of the Journalist.
Comments of some locals below X tweet
In essence, true Journalism is not about spreading fake news and narratives against government officials and institutions; rather, it's more about rationality and sticking to the spirit of true and rational journalism.
