Pakistan Photoshops Old Image To Show Submarine, Naval Readiness Against India, Called Out
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Pakistan showcased a doctored two-year-old image from a joint naval drill with China to falsely depict its naval readiness against India.
Amid heightened tensions with India, Pakistan seems to have run a cocktail of misinformation and fake propaganda by using a two-year-old image to falsely show their Navy's preparedness against India.
The photos were displayed during a press conference in Islamabad, where senior Pakistani military representatives, including Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed, Director General of Public Relations for the Pakistan Air Force, and Vice Admiral Raja Rab Nawaz, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations attempted to show their country's air, land, and sea assets in the wake of a conflict with India.
At the briefing, Pakistan officials showed an image purportedly depicting the active deployment of Pakistan's naval fleet.
The image also featured a submarine, two warships, and three aircraft, defining the setup as operational readiness to respond to India.
However, social media users were quick to identify that the image had previously appeared in an official Radio Pakistan publication in December 2023.
According to reports, the original image was clicked during a joint Pakistan-China naval exercise in the Indian Ocean, and shows a formation of Chinese and Pakistani warships with three Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft flying in formation overhead.
The original image also did not include a submarine, which mysteriously appeared in the image presented at the Islamabad press conference, thus proving that the same was doctored.
The images used in the DGISPR press brief about the Pakistan Coast Guard seizing a 'navy" are actually from 2023 , and they were clearly photoshopped even back then #NuclearLeak #ceasefire pic.twitter.com/kTQG23Opf7 — Manglam Mishra (@ManglamMis67977) May 13, 2025
During the press briefing, the country's Naval chief expressed complete satisfaction and confidence over operational preparedness of the Pakistan Navy Fleet.
He also acknowledged and praised the dedication and professionalism of officers and men in successfully achieving operational objectives and milestones for the year 2023.
This comes amid the Press Information Bureau's regular fact checks, exposing Pakistan's barrage of false news and claims.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Adampur airbase in Punjab proved Pakistan's claims of destroying the facility were false.
Amid retaliatory strikes by India, Pakistan had claimed it had inflicted heavy damage to the facility.
However, satellite imagery from third parties, such as China's Mizar Vision, had also confirmed that no structural damage was caused to the airbase.
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