Islamabad: Pakistan's Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations, Asif Ghafoor on Sunday attracted ridicule after posting a doctored video of war hero and retired IAF Air Marshal, Denzil Keelor.
Ghafoor shared a video of Keelor on his Twitter account, claiming that the war veteran was talking about the "Indian failure" during the dogfight between the Indian Air Force and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on February 27 this year, just a day after the Balakot airstrikes.
Netizens quickly pointed out that the video was recorded in 2015, approximately four years before the Balakot.
On Aug 9, 2015, the Wilderness films India posted an interview titled 'Nehru lost India the war: Air Marshal Denzil Keelor speaks about India's battle losses'. According to its description, the former Air Marshal was invited by the production house for a talk on the wars of 1962 and 1965.
Twitterati strongly reacted to Ghafoor's post, with many poking fun at his gaffe.
Ghafoor later acknowledged that the Keelor clip shared by him was indeed doctored. He tweeted, "The clip of Air Marshal is revealed to be doctored through inset. Admission and expression were too identical to differentiate. Unintentional omission is acknowledged, especially to Indians. Nonetheless, environment remained unchanged for IAF on both the occasions."
Pak DG ISPR posts doctored video, gets ridiculed
In 2015, the Wilderness films India posted an interview of retired IAF Air Marshal, Denzil Keelor about the wars of 1962 and 1965. Pak official ridiculed for posting a doctored video in relation to wars and conflicts with India.
Pak DG ISPR posts doctored video of retd IAF Air Marshal