This April Fools' prank gives away love and hate among China, India, Pak

Even an April Fools' Day prank can have a chilling back story

April Fools’ Day is the best occasion for fake news. Even with the whole world haunted by the flood of “alternative facts”, the media still maintains its tradition of teasing readers with harmless prank stories, which are usually too unreal to be taken seriously.

Some of the best ones this year include Trump buying the iconic Liberty Hall of Dublin and the UK, following Brexit, withdrawing from Eurovision.

But one prank by a Pakistani newspaper blurred the boundary between the light tone intended for an April Fools’ Day prank and the more serious one for discussion