When everything was quiet in the high-altitude Doklam where the armies of India and China are engaged in a stand-off for about a month, the Pakistani media suddenly went abuzz with reports of how Chinese soldiers have killed 158 Indian jawans.

With not a single media report coming from either China or India on the so-called "Chinese attack", the news was obviously false.

Dunya News TV aired a fake video clip of injured Indian soldiers saying at least 158 Indian soldiers have been killed as China fired rockets across the border on Indian border installations.

Dawn TV too aired a similar report. Twitter went abuzz with images and videos of the "attack" with some India-haters from the other side of the border even commending China's "action".

It is likely that Pakistani media became victim to a fake war propaganda conceptualised by the Pakistani army as no mainstream media will run fake news knowing that truth will be out in the open in a matter of few hours leading to a loss of credibility.

India Vs China war begins : China killed more than 150 Indian soldiers today pic.twitter.com/AAKZuDvkCR ; M Hanzala Tayyab MHT (@OfficialHanzala) July 17, 2017

Pakistani Media is spreading these photos stating China attacked India in Sikkim. Propaganda war reaching new heights. pic.twitter.com/N9c8h3OtaZ ; Aggressive Indian?? (@bharat_builder) July 17, 2017

Wonder what Dawn's "source" is on this report: The Indian Army or the Chinese Army? pic.twitter.com/uHxGdC0loY July 17, 2017

Did the Pakistani government or army try to play mischief with the media by supplying them fake news? Old photos and videos were passed off as that of a new attack.

A spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said such reports are utterly baseless, malicious and mischievous. "No cognisance should be taken of them by responsible media," the ministry said when asked about the Pakistani media reports.

India and China have several border disputes. The Indian Army and Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) are engaged in a stand-off at Doklam along the Bhutan-Sikkim-China tri-junction since the last one month.

The Chinese media has reported that a brigade responsible for frontline combat operations has held "live fire exercises" in Tibet with a focus on boosting its "quick delivery of troops" against India.

Pakistan is trying to add fuel to fire with fake news.

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