ISLAMABAD - Former human rights minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Dr Shireen Mazari Saturday shared on her Twitter handle a false image showing Pakistan judiciary’s links with the establishment in the United States (US). Dr Mazari uploaded the image and tweeted: “Imagine! What an insult to Pakistan brought upon by the US regime change con­spiracy! Surely dark shadows get­ting a greater crimson blush!” The image, according to Mazari’s tweet, was from the New York Herald and showed that Paki­stan’s judiciary was happy on receiving orders from the US establishment. A caption on her Twitter handle read: “New York Herald cartoon in today’s Newspaper… What a great shame for Pakistan!”

The doctored image went vi­ral on social media platforms, in the context of the no-trust vote against former premier Imran Khan. But, in actuality, the New York Herald was shut down in 1924, about 23 years before the creation of Pakistan, and the im­age was completely phoney.

The image provided by PTI lawmaker Dr Mazari was first published on Mint Press News in a different context, and, it has since been utilised in a variety of contexts.After receiving harsh criticism for publishing a bogus cartoon on a social networking plat­form, she abruptly erased it.

It is to be noted here that former premier Imran Khan has accused the US of plot­ting to destabilise his govern­ment on several occasions. Former human rights minis­ter Shireen Mazari, who was part of Imran Khan’s cabinet, went a step ahead to forward the propaganda.