For years, India has insisted that Pakistan’s establishment-backed groups fuel terrorism across the border. And for years, Islamabad has tried to shrug it off.
But now on Pakistan’s side, Chaudhry Anwarul Haq said too much. "I earlier said that if you keep bleeding Balochistan, we'll hit India from Red Fort to the forests of Kashmir. By the grace of Allah, we've done it and they're still unable to count bodies," he said in a viral video.
"Few days later, armed men entered and attacked (Delhi) and they haven't probably counted all the bodies so far."
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The “Red Fort” mention points to the November 10 car blast near the iconic Delhi monument that killed 14 people. The accused, Dr Umar Un Nabi, was part of a “white-collar” JeM-linked module dismantled in Faridabad shortly before the attack. His “forests of Kashmir” invokes the Baisaran Valley bloodbath in Pahalgam this April, where 26 tourists were slaughtered in cold blood.
India’s response to the Pahalgam attack was swift. Among several measures, New Delhi put the Indus Waters Treaty on hold, making it clear that the pact would resume only when Pakistan stopped aiding cross-border terror.
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Haq isn’t the only politician airing Pakistan’s dirty laundry
Recently, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi claimed Islamabad profits from “fake” terror attacks in the province. According to TOLO News, Afridi accused the federal government of “manufacturing terrorism” to suit its political calculus.
Meanwhile, the Indian Express noted that the Faridabad cell was preparing for a massive suicide attack on December 6, the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition. Internally codenamed “Operation D-6”, the plan involved a car-borne explosives strike of far deadlier proportions.
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Investigators believe the module consisted of nine to ten individuals, including as many as five to six doctors from Al-Falah University. Their professional access allowed them to quietly acquire chemicals and materials needed to build the explosive devices.
Interrogations suggest that Dr Shaheen Shaheed, now arrested, was tasked with building and leading JeM’s women’s wing in India under Jamaat-ul-Momineen. Her capture came soon after the detention of Dr Muzammil Ahmad Ganai, also linked to Al-Falah University.
