Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Hussain Chaudhry on Wednesday said that propaganda has become a primary tool of warfare and narratives are built through media.
Addressing a media workshop on "Hybrid Warfare and Pakistan's Readiness: Time for National Narrative Construct and Strategic Foresight," organised by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), the minister said that in modern era, propaganda has become the primary tool of warfare while kinetic warfare has assumed secondary importance.
He said in modern times wars are fought in media, rather than the battlefront. He said that the government is making efforts to transform Pakistan from a security state to an open country.
He said that strong ideas and excellent ways of their presentation are prerequisite to succeed in hybrid warfare.
The minister said due to its strong narrative, Pakistan succeeded in convincing the world that the Indian government has used the Pulwama incident for winning election. He said it was successful media policy of the Pakistani government that isolated India on the issue of Pulwama.
Chaudhry said that reforms are underway in the Information Ministry to make it a tool for promotion of the state, rather than a political party. He said that the government is also making efforts to bring international media back to Pakistan. The information minister said that major reforms will be introduced in the state media this year to effectively present Pakistan's narrative on different issues. Later, Chaudhry left Pakistan for Saudi Arabia on a two-day visit on the special invitation of Saudi Culture Minister Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan.