Pakistan's ‘innocent preacher' is actually a global terrorist
Pakistan had claimed that the man leading the prayers was Abdul Rauf (circled), a preacher and member of Pakistan Markazi Muslim League. But it turns out that he was actually Hafiz Abdul Rauf — a 'specially designated global terrorist' by the US who is also on SDN (Specially Designated Nationals) list of the US govt (AFP photo)
Pakistan's misinformation campaign was exposed yet again after its claim that the man leading funeral prayers for terrorists was an innocent preacher turned out to be blatant lie and the man in question was identified as a designated
global terrorist
.
During a press conference, Pakistan's
DG-ISPR
(Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations) had flashed the national ID card of a man with a similar name, Abdul Rauf, claiming that he was a preacher and a member of the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML) party.
However, details from the same bio-data exposed the intricate web of misinformation spun by the ISI. It turned out that Abdul Rauf was not a preacher or Masood Azhar's slain brother with the same name but a different individual with ties to Lashkar-eTaiba. The man,
Hafiz Abdul Rauf
, is a 'specially designated global terrorist' (SDGT) by the US department of treasury and is also on the SDN (Specially Designated Nationals) list of the US government.
Pakistan's lies were busted from their computerised national identity card (CNIC) number visible in the document flashed by DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif. The number 35202-5400413-9 on the document is the same as the one listed by the US treasury and the Office of Foreign Assets Control which incidentally also lists Lt Gen Sharif's father, Mahmood Sultan Bashiruddin, as a
designated terrorist
with ties to al-Qaida.
In the press conference held by DG ISPR during Operation Sidoor, a Pakistan Air Force officer also claimed to have shown 'tactical brilliance' in Pulwama, which is being interpreted as an acknowledgement of the Pakistani military's role in the 2019
Pulwama terror attack
that killed 40 CRPF personnel.
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They then went on to allege that India's claims of Abdul Rauf being a terrorist were not true.
Incidentally, the same photograph of Abdul Rauf at the burial was used by India to identify and release the names of senior Pakistan army personnel and key police officials who attended the funeral of terrorists — including high-ranking officers such as Lt Gen Fayyaz Hussain Shah and Inspector General of Police Usman Anwar.
According to the US treasury department, Hafiz Abdul Rauf, a member of LeT's senior leadership since 1999, is the chief of Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation, operating LeT's relief activities in disguise.
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