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Govt in contact with Interpol over threatening emails to NZ team: Rashid

Fake news generated by India led to the shock cancellation of New Zealand cricket team’s tour of Pakistan

Govt in contact with Interpol over threatening emails to NZ team: Rashid PHOTO: AFP

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Monday that the government was in contact with Interpol over the threatening emails sent to the New Zealand cricket team that resulted in the cancellation of the tour hours before the first One-day International.

Addressing a weekly presser, the interior minister said Interpol has been contacted to probe into 12 emails sent to the New Zealand team and their "India-Singapore links".

"There will be good news soon," the minister said in response to a question.

It may be noted here that one of the emails were sent from an associated device in India using VPN, showing the IP address or location of Singapore.

"The device RMX 1971 (Realme) used 13 email IDs and except for Hamza Afridi, the 12 other email IDs had Indian/Hindi names," the minister had said in an earlier press conference.

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Fake news generated by India led to the shock cancellation of New Zealand cricket team’s tour of Pakistan, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry had said last week, describing the plot as part of a fifth generation hybrid warfare against the country, in a presser he addressed with Rashid. 

This story was originally published in The Express Tribune