{"id":198951,"date":"2026-04-23T20:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=198951"},"modified":"2026-04-23T23:34:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:34:50","slug":"indian-propaganda-busted-no-refinery-blown-up-in-balochistan-fake-news-peddled-on-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/23\/indian-propaganda-busted-no-refinery-blown-up-in-balochistan-fake-news-peddled-on-x.html","title":{"rendered":"Indian propaganda busted: No \u2018refinery blown up\u2019 in Balochistan, fake news peddled on X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fisb6-2.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/676383078_903153066094231_5596470321466677103_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=13d280&amp;_nc_ohc=Hh9uCi6WKEsQ7kNvwGkwf8-&amp;_nc_oc=AdooqDG3HsaYbfqQUsFb07iHDizFwcFyA441SS8se3X1ujK-XjULpMPP93Cd4A7LQKo&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fisb6-2.fna&amp;_nc_gid=IiNyy-yEM4_t8_-WruIa2w&amp;oh=00_Af1TA9ajSSW6xyXoqK4RCE5UthTBHuaXdkdJdkvvOnFPVg&amp;oe=69F0221F\" alt=\"May be an image of text that says &quot;Frontalfor... @FrontalForce Subscribe National refinery of Pakistan blown up by unknown gunmen yesterday in Balochistan Jo thoda bohat tel tha wo bhi gaya Nens FAE 11:03 AM Apr 23, 11:03AM-Apr23,2026-290e 2026 290 Views&quot;\" width=\"438\" height=\"551\" \/>Islamabad: Indian social media accounts have been caught spreading fake news claiming that a \u201cPakistan national refinery in Balochistan was blown up by unidentified gunmen\u201d yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, A handle @FrontalForce posted on X: \u201cPakistan national refinery in Balochistan was blown up by unidentified gunmen\u201d, which was amplified by several Indian social media accounts to fuel disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>No refinery was attacked or blown up in Balochistan. The actual incident on Wednesday involved an attack by unidentified gunmen on a mining project in southwestern Balochistan. Local authorities said at least nine employees, including two security guards, were killed in the attack on the mining site.<\/p>\n<p>Indian propaganda accounts falsely labeled the mining project as a \u201cnational refinery\u201d and claimed it was \u201cblown up\u201d, despite no reports of any refinery in the area or of an explosion destroying infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The Balochistan government has reiterated that hostile foreign elements, particularly from India, back terrorism in the province to sabotage peace and CPEC-related development. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif have stated that attackers enjoy links to India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Indian social media accounts have been caught spreading fake news claiming that a \u201cPakistan national refinery in Balochistan was blown up by unidentified gunmen\u201d yesterday. According to Kashmir Media Service, A handle @FrontalForce posted on X: \u201cPakistan national refinery in Balochistan was blown up by unidentified gunmen\u201d, which was amplified by several Indian social &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":166019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/01\/Fake-news.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198952,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198951\/revisions\/198952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}