Former interim government adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki responded on Friday, March 27, 2026, to a media report that claimed he was under a travel ban. The report, published on Thursday, was later withdrawn, but its photo card spread widely on Facebook, sparking public discussion. Farooki addressed the issue through a post on his verified Facebook account.

In his post, Farooki accused certain newspapers of destroying journalistic integrity and spreading false propaganda against him. He questioned whether such actions represented press freedom and urged journalist leaders to take responsibility, warning that public trust in the media was collapsing. He described the situation as a wake-up call for the journalist community.

Farooki further stated that coordinated false propaganda from sympathizers of a fallen fascist regime proved to him that he had been doing his work properly.