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🇵🇰 Photo of hunter with Pakistan's national animal doctored to show US diplomat

But the original photo does not show Makaneole; it has circulated since at least 2016 in reports about foreign trophy hunters in Pakistan.The photo is uncaptioned, but the report reads:"Fred Rich, a hunter from Texas USA, successfully hunted a Markhor trophy in Chitral today.

"#Markhor trophy hunting #Chitral: American citizen Fred Rich obtained the hunting permit from the #wildlife department for US $100000," reads the tweet. Below is a screenshot comparison of the doctored image and the photo that appeared in the Pamir Times in 2016 :A search on the verified Facebook page of the US Consulate General Lahore found Makaneole's image was taken fromThe caption to the album that contains the photo reads:"CG Makaneole participates in the launch ceremony of PakTESOL, a platform for the Pakistani English Language Teaching community in collaboration with Allama Iqbal Open University and University of Education...

Below is a screenshot comparison of the doctored image and Makaneole's photo published by the consulate :A spokesperson from Makaneole's office also told AFP the altered image was"fake". "The image is not Consul General Makaneole. He has not hunted in Pakistan, and no diplomat currently serving at the U.S. Consulate in Lahore has gone hunting in Pakistan," Karl Rogers, spokesperson from the US Consulate General Lahore, said on January 14, 2023.

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