Islamabad February 24, 2021 Islamabad: India has a clear Pakistan policy, in which disinformation and destabilisation are key components, while Pakistan needs clarity in its India policy to respond effectively, said Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman of Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, says a press release. He made these remarks at a conference on ‘Disinformation as a Tool of Strategic Warfare’ organised by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS). Senator Mushahid Hussain chaired the panel on ‘India’s Disinformation Campaign against Pakistan and its Impact.’ He referred to American scholar Dr Noam Chomsky’s landmark study on propaganda, ‘Manufacturing Consent’, where he talks of a nexus between media ownership, advertisers and media elites, which act in concert to demonise the ‘enemy.’ Senator Mushahid Hussain said that the Indian approach to disinformation is an example of this model, referring also to the tapes of Indian journalist Arnab Goswami and distortions by Indian media of the senator’s own statement on Pulwama.