ISLAMABAD – New evidence has emerged about a centralized PTI social media team, as the messages exchanged between Raoof Hasan and Jibran Ilyas reveal an organized effort to target the state functionaries and institutions.

Raoof was the former PTI information secretary while Jibran operates the party media cell from the United States, as they have been trying to divert the blame to others to escape the justice in the cases related to May 9.

The army has already started military trial of former ISI chief Lt-Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed over violating the Army Act, while there are clear signs that the incarcerated PTI founding chairman, Imran Khan, may also be involved in the episode.

Ironically, Raoof has claimed on multiple occasions, including during TV talk shows, that neither he nor the PTI has anything to do with the overseas media cell, which has been spreading disinformation through lies and twisted facts. The sole objective is to discredit the state institutions and the people trying to act as a bulwark against the PTI’s fascist agenda.

MERCENARIES, NOT VOLUNTEERS

The close collaboration means that those within Pakistan are directly linked to the execution of these heinous designs through the PTI social media team. In fact, it leads to the conclusion that Imran is heading the entire operations.

In case anyone disagrees with this statement must recall Imran’s refusal to cooperate with the FIA officials who visited the Adiala jail to interview him over a recent post by his X account.

Through this statement, Imran had once again asked to come to the streets and levelled baseless allegations against Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir and Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, thus inciting violence to repeat the May 9 events.

Meanwhile, it is not first such post, as Imran’s X account has become one of the main weapons to create anarchy in the country.

At the same time, this Raoof-Jibran nexus shows that targeting the Pakistani state is lucrative business that the PTI social media head demanded payment of salaries for those operating the social media. It is a proof that they are mercenaries, not volunteers.

This leaves us with the question: who is funding the PTI social media.

GOEBBELS OF PAKISTAN

Role of media in the organizational structure of any far right or fascist organization in the world has always been of prime importance. They always make controlling media and thus the narrative. The PTI isn’t an exception.

The messages exchanged between Raoof and Jibran not only show close coordination but also the party’s internal working.

Hence, Jibran gave special instructions to Raoof on the completion of one year since the May 9 violence for spreading the party propaganda, sources say. In this connection, he also sent social media hashtags and videos to the PTI’s ex-information secretary from December 2023 to May 2024.

So, Jibran shared the screenshots of the remarks passed by Chief Justice Isa and Justice Athar Minallah, about the May 9 events as well as one about Justice Mansoor Ali Shah in which he talked espionage. It is the best example of presenting half-truth to further their agenda through lies and deceit as part of the ongoing disinformation campaign.

The sources also highlighted one of the social media trends [hashtags] which claimed that the May 9 was a “false-flag operation”.

“We have developed a Google drive where all the data about the false-flag operations is saved, which can be used,” said Jibran in a message, as he called for promoting the hashtag.

On May 7, the PTI social team lead person told the former information secretary, “Everyone has done an excellent job during the past seven days. It seems that our May 9 false-flag operation campaign has been very effective.”

PAID ANTI-STATE PROPAGANDA

On May 14, Jibran asked Raoof, “Can you help in releasing the salaries of social media [members]? They feel insulted whenever their pays are withheld.”

It is yet another proof that the hateful propaganda is actually an organized scheme and the entire narrative revolves around the violent actions taken on May 9.

Many experts believe that the Zionist and Indian lobbies are behind this exercise and that Jibran has been managing the affairs to execute their agenda, which is evident in the pro-Imran reports published in Israeli media.

That’s why both Jibran and Raoof have been involved in making controversial the facts related to the May 9 events.

Hence, they even used the Supreme Court justice’ remarks passed during the hearings of political cases to their advantage.