The government works fast but fake news works faster.

The rumor mills are in overdrive these days and there is tons of fake news being churned out by the second.

Just yesterday there were rumors that Zulfi Bukhari’s sister Maleeka Bukhari has been appointed as the head of the Benazir Income Support Program. And everyone called this nepotism of course. Until she herself tweeted that neither was she related to Zulfi Bukhari nor was she appointed as the head of BISP.

I want to categorically put it on record that I have not been appointed as Head of BISP. I am also not related to Zulfi Bokhari. I hope this suffices & should put the discussion to an end. @PTIofficial @InsafPK

— Maleeka Bokhari (@MalBokhari) September 30, 2018

This prompted an outraged Information Minister, Fawad Chaudhry, to tweet as well saying that his ministry would do everything in their power to combat fake news.

A series of Fake notifications and news is systematically spread on social media, it started from a media dinner picture and now there is a series of such rubbish. Without effecting freedom on SM we need to take strict action against fake news. https://t.co/QRaQYBreRm

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) October 1, 2018

And the minister was very quick to deliver on his promise to combat fake news… by making a Twitter account.

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has created a Twitter account to tackle and expose Fake News, that are being spread on Social Media; citizens are requested to Follow the account !@FakeNews_Buster pic.twitter.com/9Me5aGlKFC

— PTI (@PTIofficial) October 1, 2018

The Twitter account is going to tackle any fake news being spread on social media and nip it in its bud. The government is clearly taking their responsibility to disperse information very seriously. But someone clearly thought this was a great moment to annoy them just a little bit.

And a lot of people poked fun at this new initiative.

ایس نوں وہ پھڑو فیر جلدی رپورٹ وی کرو شاباش pic.twitter.com/1HWPPbPvnU

— Majid Majeed (@majidmajeed83) October 1, 2018

Asking the government to combat fake news which shows them in a good light as well.

Barray ghostbusters niklay https://t.co/8UQ8FcKtJD

— ایمان زینب (@ImaanZHazir) October 2, 2018

And someone took this opportunity and immediately did so by making a fake account of the account dedicated to busting fake news.

And the government was pissed! They immediately tweeted about how there was only one official account for the fake news buster and any other account was fake.

Please beware that @FakeNewsBuster_ is a fake account. The official account is @FakeNews_Buster which can be verified from the official website of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.The case is being referred to NR3C for further necessary action. https://t.co/hF8KvdGMcG. pic.twitter.com/IsZFxIX9Mu

— FakeNewsBusterMoIB (@FakeNews_Buster) October 2, 2018

Now, we don’t really know the intent behind the account yet. Whether someone made it just to troll the government or if their intentions were more malicious in nature and they wanted to derail the attempt by the government to actually discredit fake news.

But to discourage any trolling or actual attempts to hurt the governments new initiative, the Fake News Buster account gave out a statement saying that they would pursue legal action against any accounts impersonating them.

Any attempt to fabricate official twitter account @FakeNews_Buster of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting shall be reported to National Response Centre For Cyber Crime (NR3C) of FIA for appropriate legal action.

— FakeNewsBusterMoIB (@FakeNews_Buster) October 2, 2018

But that clearly didn’t stop trolls.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

— FakeNewsBusterMOB (@FakeNews_Bust) October 2, 2018

one more fake….. 😂 😂 😂 😂 pic.twitter.com/Dn3vXg01Ni

— AB Rana (@MusaBasil9) October 2, 2018

And people had a very helpful suggestion for the governmen.

Get your account verified ASAP

— Tenacious PM (@Wasim_Wazir) October 2, 2018

O bhai, get it verified. Get the blue tick.

— Syed Farhan M. Rizvi (@farhanmrizvi) October 2, 2018

Let’s see how this plays out for the government since Pakistanis clearly do not leave a single opportunity to troll the government.

What do you think about this fake news buster account? Let us know in the comments!

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Cover Image Source: Such TV/@fakenews_buster via Twitter.com