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Pakistan Army Chief Faces Backlash Over Fake Photo

5/26/2025

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Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir is under fire after presenting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with a misleading photo, purportedly from Operation Bunyan Marsus. Social media users quickly exposed the image as a relic from a 2019 Chinese military exercise, igniting a wave of ridicule and skepticism about Pakistan's military achievements against India.

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Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir is under fire after presenting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with a misleading photo, purportedly from Operation Bunyan Marsus. Social media users quickly exposed the image as a relic from a 2019 Chinese military exercise, igniting a wave of ridicule and skepticism about Pakistan's military achievements against India.