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New Indian Express
10-05-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Making sense of Munir's madness
So, who blinked first? It might be too early for an informed analysis on the truce after four days of Indo-Pak conflict as information is rather sketchy. The ceasefire violation within a few hours further complicated matters. But the initiative for a telephonic call for talks on Saturday afternoon came from the Pakistani side. Pakistan's Director General of Military Operations called his Indian counterpart and both arrived on a ceasefire agreement. The seeds for the conflict were sown by Pakistan army chief Asim Munir as he recently called Kashmir India's jugular vein and regurgitated the two-nation theory that led to India's partition. "Our stance is very clear, it was our jugular vein, it will be our jugular vein, and we will not forget it. We will not leave our Kashmiri brothers in their heroic struggle," Gen Munir said while addressing the first Overseas Pakistanis Convention in Islamabad on April 17, attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistanis living abroad. Also, Pakistan's footprint in the Pahalgam massacre of Indian tourists were recently revealed in a news media expose. For, a top US-based space tech company found a sudden spike in orders for high-resolution satellite images of Pahalgam and its surrounding areas barely two months ago from a Pakistan-based geo-spatial company, Business Systems International Pvt Ltd (BSI), the Print reported. The Pakistani firm is linked to federal crimes in the US. Between February 2 and 22, BSI placed at least 12 orders—double the usual number— with Maxar Technologies. BSI became Maxer's partner last year. Orders for Pahalgam satellite images started appearing on the portal in June 2024, months after the partnership deal. The deal is now off. There you have a smoking gun, possibly enough for the US turning the screws on Pakistan's hybrid leadership with Gen Munir at the helm. No wonder, US President Donald Trump sought to take credit for drumming some commonsense and forcing Pakistan to step back.
Hindustan Times
09-05-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Pahalgam satellite images demand increased at US firm weeks before terror attack: Report
Two months before the deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives, a US-based space tech company experienced an unusual surge in requests for high-resolution satellite images of Pahalgam and its surroundings, ThePrint reported. Maxar Technologies saw an unusual spike in orders for satellite imagery of Pahalgam between February 2 and 22, 2025, receiving at least 12 requests, double its usual volume. These orders had started appearing on the company's portal as early as June 2024, shortly after Maxar partnered with Business Systems International Pvt Ltd (BSI), a Pakistan-based geo-spatial company linked to federal crimes in the US, the report added. The report added that data does not reveal whether the orders for Pahalgam satellite images were placed by the Pakistani firm, Business Systems International Pvt Ltd (BSI). However, defence analysts, experts, and scientists consulted by ThePrint cautioned that the coincidence cannot be ignored, considering the controversial history of the company's founder, Obaidullah Syed. The Pakistani-American businessman was convicted and sentenced to a year in prison by a US federal court for illegally exporting high-performance computer equipment and software to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), the agency responsible for designing and testing high explosives, nuclear weapon components, and developing solid-fuelled ballistic missiles. Maxar's portal, accessed by ThePrint revealed that in addition to Pahalgam, satellite images captured other sensitive regions within India, such as Pulwama, Anantnag, Poonch, Rajouri, and Baramulla. The base price for each satellite image starts at ₹3 lakh, with the cost increasing depending on the image's resolution. 'Satellite surveillance has become the backbone of any country's intelligence. While it is unclear whether these images could have been used for planning the April 22 attacks in Pahalgam, India could ask Maxar to conduct an investigation into the ordered images,' the report has quoted an ISRO scientist as saying. Defence agencies frequently utilise high-resolution images to monitor troop movements, track weapon installations, assess infrastructure development, and detect activities like illegal border crossings, unauthorised incursions, and smuggling.
