The former Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Overseas Pakistanis, Zulfi Bukhari, has once again denied reports about an allegedly covert trip to Israel.
He had refuted similar reports in December 2020 and claimed to have been with the Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner at the time of the purported visit.
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The news is based on a report by a Hebrew newspaper called Israel Hayom. According to it, Bukhari had traveled to Israel to meet the Mossad chief, Yossi Cohen. The news was also credited to a “source in Islamabad”.
Bukhari rebutted the claims and said, “Funny bit is Pakistani paper says I went to Israel based on ‘Israeli news source’ and Israeli paper says I went to Israel based on a ‘Pakistani source’ — wonder who this imaginative Pakistani source is”.
DIDNOT go to Israel.
Funny bit is Pakistani paper says I went to Israel based on "Israeli news source" & Israeli paper says I went to Israel based on a “Pakistani source”-wonder who this imaginative Pakistani source is🤔Apparently, I’m the only one who was kept out of the loop. https://t.co/bcRO3osWMk
— Sayed Z Bukhari (@sayedzbukhari) June 28, 2021
“Apparently, I’m the only one who was kept out of the loop,” he added.
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The PM’s Focal Person on Digital Media, Arslan Khalid, also dismissed the claim and said, “Bukhari had clarified last year that he was never sent by the government to Israel. This Israel-India-Pak fake news peddlers network is getting so boring and predictable”.
He asked the media to “show a little maturity and not promote fake news,” and explained that “the last time when the same propaganda was run, not only did Bukhari deny and sent a legal notice but the Middle East Monitor, who reported it, also had to apologize”.
A propaganda fake news shared by an Israeli acc & propagated by the usual lot again.@sayedzbukhari had already clarified it last yr tht he was never sent by Govt to israel.This Israel-India-Pak Fake news peddlars network is getting so boring & predictablehttps://t.co/3EZFzT2y2i pic.twitter.com/BLoKBgY8y3
— Dr Arslan Khalid (@arslankhalid_m) June 28, 2021
