12-05-2025
Pakistan Army Calls LeT Terrorist ‘A Family Man' And 'Preacher' Amid Viral Funeral Image Row
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During a press briefing, the ISPR even displayed a Pakistani National ID card to assert that the individual was a simple party worker.
In an attempt to downplay criticism over viral images showing Pakistani Army officers at the funeral of a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, Pakistan's military spokesperson DG ISPR claimed that the man in question was merely 'an innocent family man" and 'a preacher." The comments were aimed at discrediting mounting evidence pointing to the Pakistan Army's proximity to designated terrorists. FOLLOW LIVE
During a press briefing, the ISPR even displayed a Pakistani National ID card to assert that the individual was a simple party worker.
In his press briefing, Pakistan's DG ISPR claimed that the viral image of the LeT terrorist at a funeral with other army men is actually an innocent family man and a shared his National ID card to 'prove' how he is a simple party worker (see 4:30), however the…
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However, according to Indian authorities, official records say a completely different story.
Speaking at a high-level briefing on Operation Sindoor, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri revealed a photograph of US-designated global terrorist and senior LeT commander Hafiz Abdul Rauf leading funeral prayers for the terrorists killed in India's cross-border precision strikes.
Misri highlighted the image to question Pakistan's continued patronage of terror groups, stating: 'Giving terrorists state funerals may be a practice in Pakistan. It doesn't seem to make much sense to us."
India has now released the names of top Pakistani officials present at the funeral, exposing what it called 'formal state honours" for the dead terrorists. Among those in attendance were Lt Gen Fayyaz Hussain Shah (Corps Commander, IV Corps, Lahore), Maj Gen Rao Imran Satraj, Brig Mohd Furqan Shabbir, Dr Usman Anwar (IGP Punjab), and Malik Sohaib Ahmed Bherth (Member of Punjab's Provincial Assembly).
This development comes as Pakistan continues to deny involvement in the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people in Jammu and Kashmir. Notably, the Resistance Front (TRF)—a Lashkar offshoot—has claimed responsibility for the massacre twice, but Pakistan has blocked its listing at the United Nations Security Council.
'While Pakistan opposed listing the TRF at the UNSC, they attend funerals of those who carry out such attacks," Misri noted. He added that the May 7 airstrikes were directed only at 'carefully selected terrorist infrastructure" and not against any civilian or military installations, countering Islamabad's propaganda.
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May 12, 2025, 09:40 IST
