ISLAMABAD: Afghan news agency on Sunday apologized overspreading a fake picture of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) protest.
As per details, an Afghan News agency Pajhwok which circulated fake images of the PTM’s protest has apologized for such act of negligence.
Correction, Sorry for publishing old photo,
45 protestor were wounded as Pakistani security forces fired on #PTM protestors in Miranshah of #Waziristan. pic.twitter.com/97RmUWKXEg— Pajhwok Afghan News (@pajhwok) May 26, 2019
However, the agency kept its old trend of hurling accusations at the Pakistan Army alive.
Earlier today, Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) members have mounted an attack on a security check post in Miran Shah area of the province.
According to security sources, members of the PTM have attacked a check post of the security forces near Datta Khel area of Miran Shah District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK).
The sources have claimed that Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir and their accomplices are present in Boya area of the district.
As per the reports reaching here, the PTM members and security forces are exchanging fire in the area after the attack by PTM members on a check post and several activists of the firebrand nationalist party have been taken into the custody by the forces after the incident.
It is pertinent to mention here that Mohsin Dawar led PTM is also involved in delivering anti-state speeches in the past.
The agency in a tweet hurled accusations over the Pakistan Army for attacking and injuring the workers of PTM.