Pakistan said on Friday that the ‘X’ account of its Finance Ministry was hacked and appealed for more international loans to compensate for the “heavy loss” due to the current tension with India. Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Ministry issued a ‘fake tweet alert’ saying that the account of the Finance Ministry has been “hacked”.
An official also confirmed that the ‘X’ account has been hacked and “efforts are being made to close the account.” After the hacking, a fake appeal was made by the Ministry’s Economic Affairs Division, demanding more loans and the international community has been requested to help in reducing tension with India after the Pahalgam terror attack.
Pakistan’s stock market declined drastically due to stress. Posted from the hacked account, “The Government of Pakistan appeals more loans to international partners after the enemy has caused heavy damage. We urge international partners to help reduce stress amid wars and declines in shares. The nation is urged to remain firm. ”
Interestingly, to harm the post, the spelling of the word ‘inflicted’ written in English has been written incorrectly, which created doubt because the officials who handled the account rarely make such big mistakes. The post came on Thursday after a decline of more than 6,000 points in the Pakistan Stock Exchange. However, the market improved on Friday and the morning trading session led to a gain of over 1,000 points.
The time of this post is also interesting as the IMF Executive Board meeting was going to be held in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board meeting last year and the IMF Executive Board is going to meet for its next installment. Pakistan is expected to receive more than two billion US dollars under the second installment of loan and a new loan, which has been approved to deal with the impact of environmental changes.
