Tel Aviv, May 8 (IANS) Pakistan has long portrayed itself as both a victim of terrorism and a partner in the global war on terror, yet the reported reconstruction of terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s Bahawalpur headquarters following a major Indian military strike during Operation Sindoor last year goes far more than just a South Asian security concern. It serves as a warning about how jihadist infrastructure can endure when states focus on managing international scrutiny rather than dismantling t…
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New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) For Pakistan, ‘Operation Sindoor’ resulted in a loss of face. After terror infrastructure was hit hard by the Indian armed forces who were avenging the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan set out a fake narrative of emerging victorious.Rallies and processions were taken out to create an impression that the Pakistan Army had hit back and won the battle. While the perception was created, the reality was something different.An official said that events were strategically planne…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) In yet another blow to Jaish-e-Mohammad, which is already facing immense losses, its top commander, Maulana Salman, died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle at Pakistan’s Bahawalpur on Wednesday. Salman was a close aide of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief, Masood Azhar and was instrumental in numerous attacks that were carried out on Indian soil.Some of the major attacks that he was involved in included the 2001 Parliament attack and the 2019 Pulwama attack that targeted …
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) With the Jaish-e-Mohammad largely remaining in reset mode, its operatives within India have been told to find new ways of raising funds for operations in Jammu and Kashmir. The Jaish-e-Mohammad was one of the hardest hit terror groups during Operation Indoor. Not only was its headquarters in Bahawalpur razed to rubble, but its chief Masood Azhar ended up losing several of his closest family members.Although there are scores of Jaish-e-Mohammad operatives waiting in Pak…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, paid a visit to the Bahawalpur garrison earlier this week, in what was painted to be a routine inspection. Officials tracking Pakistan, however, say that this had nothing to do with the army and its operations at the garrison, but was aimed at boosting the morale of the Jaish-e-Mohammad. Bahawalpur is the home to the Jaish, and it had its headquarters here before it was razed to rubble during Operation Sindoor.Since the …
Islamabad, Jan 7 (IANS) At least five people were killed, and 24 others were injured after a passenger bus fell into a ravine near Talagang in Pakistan’s Punjab on Wednesday, local media reported, citing Rescue 1122. The accident took place on Wednesday at around 2:15 am (local time), according to rescue officials.Chakwal Rescue 1122 spokesperson Qazi Muhammad Akram said the passenger bus was heading from Rawalpindi to Bahawalpur, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported.He stated that the driver …
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Two of Pakistan’s most favoured and powerful terror groups, the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammad, will keep their focus not just on re-grouping but building stronger outfits in the coming year, intelligence agencies have learnt. The year 2026 would be majorly about re-grouping and also making the outfits doubly lethal, an officer said.Both these groups were hit the hardest during Operation Sindoor, launched by the Indian armed forces to avenge the Pahalgam atta…