THE Central Government has exposed yet another instance of fake news being circulated by Pakistan on social media -- this time involving a fabricated front page of a reputed British daily. According to a fact-check issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), an image making the rounds on various social media platforms purportedly shows the front page of the UK-based ‘The Daily Telegraph’, dated May 10.

 

The headline reads: “Pakistan Air Force: The Undisputed King of the Skies.” However, the PIB has confirmed that the image is entirely fake and AI-generated. “An image circulating on social media claims to show the front page of UK-based newspaper ‘The Daily Telegraph’, featuring a headline that reads: “Pakistan Air Force: The undisputed king of the skies” dated 10th May 2025 “, is fake,” the PIB Fact Check team stated in a post. What has raised further concern is that the fake image was not only circulated online but also cited by Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar during a statement to the country’s Senate on Thursday.