WikiLeaks rejects Mubasher Lucman's claim
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 29 June 2015
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WikiLeaks has refuted claims made by Mubasher Lucman about funding for MQM from India. The organization emphasized that such statements were not made by Julian Assange.Summary
ISLAMABAD: WikiLeaks, the international whistleblowing organization, has denied television anchor Mubasher Lucman’s claim of having had a conversation with the organization’s editor-in-chief Julian Assange about Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) getting funds from India. “Julian Assange was right when years back he first shared with me that MQM was paid by Indians,” Lucman tweeted. His tweet came days after a BBC report claimed the MQM was receiving financial and logistical aid from India. Pakistani government has now sought help of British authorities to ascertain veracity of the information. “Mr. Assange had not said such a thing,” WikiLeaks tweeted in response to Lucman’s tweet. WikiLeaks, also responded to a tweet of senior journalist and anchorperson Nadeem Malik and shared a list of documents about MQM.
Key Points
- WikiLeaks denied Lucman's claim about MQM funding.
- Lucman referenced a past conversation with Julian Assange.
- Pakistan government seeks verification from British authorities.
- WikiLeaks provided documents related to MQM in response to a journalist.
- Claims followed a BBC report on MQM's financial links to India.
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