Bangladesh ruling party shares fabricated newspaper article ahead of election

As Bangladesh launched a sweeping crackdown on opposition parties ahead of general elections, members of the ruling Awami League shared a fabricated newspaper article that sought to portray its rival party as pro-Pakistan — a political taboo in a country that gained independence from Pakistan in a bloody 1971 war. The altered article was purportedly published by Pakistan's Dawn newspaper on September 5, 1978. However, archives show that issue featured no such report. Dawn's news editor also sai