After Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram, YouTuber Junaid Akram, known as Ganjiswag, also slammed Indian media for spreading fake news.

A day earlier, former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram had shared a video expressing anger after an Indian news outlet used his photo in a report about an alleged spy arrested in Haryana. He had urged people to verify information before commenting online.

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Now, popular YouTuber and comedian Junaid Akram has become the latest target of Indian media’s fake news propaganda, this time by the reputed Times of India.

According to the report, Junaid grew up in a Gulf country and later faced racism in Canada, where people mistook him for being Indian because of his South Asian background. The report went on to claim that he worked at a fast-food chain in Canada and had to explain to people that he was Pakistani, adding that such discrimination was common against all South Asians, not just Indians.

The surprising part is that the entire story was made up from a clip shared by an X (Twitter) account, where Junaid was clearly reading an email someone else had sent him.

In response, Junaid released a detailed video in his trademark humorous style, saying, “Your boy became a Canadian national without even going to Canada! Khalli Walli” He explained that the email he read in the video was from a person raised in the Gulf who had moved to Canada and faced such issues.

Junaid had only responded with his own commentary, saying that just like some people see all white people as the same, many Westerners view all South Asians, Indian or Pakistani, as “brown.”

He expressed disbelief that such a major Indian publication fabricated the story and ignored his corrections, even after he commented and tagged them on Instagram. Despite four days passing, the outlet neither edited the story nor issued an apology.

Junaid said this obsession with clicks and viral content fuels fake news, and since it probably brought good traffic, they didn’t bother correcting it.

He also pointed out that if such false news can be spread about someone fairly well-known like him, it’s worrying to imagine what happens on a smaller scale.

He concluded that in today’s digital world, if facts can be so easily distorted, it’s worth wondering how much history itself might have been twisted over time.