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Pak's terror nexus exposed again: Top brass honour terrorist killed in Op Sindoor
In yet another stark reminder of Pakistan's deep ties with proscribed terror groups, top Pakistan Army officers and senior civilian officials were seen openly paying respects at the grave of a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist eliminated in India's recent Operation Pakistan's Independence Day on August 14, General officer commanding (GOC) Lahore Division Major General Rao Imran Sartaj, Federal Minister Malik Rashid Ahmed Khan, District Police Officer Kasoor Muhammad Isa Khan, and Deputy Commissioner Imran Ali visited the grave of Mudasir Ahmed in Muridke, Lahore. (Image: India Today) advertisement Mudasir, a high-value LeT operative, was linked to the 1999 IC-814 hijacking and the 2019 Pulwama terror attack. He was among those killed when Indian forces targeted Markaz Taiba — the LeT Mudasir Ahmad, the Indian strike also took out other long-wanted LeT terrorists, including Yusuf Azhar and Abdul Malik Rauf. Both were key planners of major terror plots against LED BY TERRORISTMudasir's funeral, held on May 7 in Muridke, was led by LeT commander Abdul Rauf (also known as Abdur Rauf), a specially designated global terrorist under US Treasury Pakistan Army officers and the Punjab Inspector General of Police were seen offering funeral prayers alongside LeT CLAIMS VS GROUND REALITYThe visuals from the funeral and the subsequent grave visit lay bare Pakistan's double-speak on counter-terrorism — publicly claiming to fight terror, while state machinery continues to honour UN- and US-listed showering petals on coffins to offering guard of honour, Pakistan's establishment has yet again demonstrated its unwavering patronage for some of the world's most wanted terrorists.- Ends
India Today
11-05-2025
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India releases names of Pak Army personnel, cops who attended terrorists' funeral
After over 100 terrorists were killed in India's precision strikes as part of Operation Sindoor on May 7, videos and images of the funerals of terrorists surfaced on social media, showing several Pakistani Army officials and personnel attending the terrorists' last rites in different parts of border Sunday, the Indian Armed Forces released the names of the Pakistani Army personnel and key police officials of the Punjab province who were at the funeral offering prayers:Lieutenant General Fayyaz Hussain Shah, Commander of the IV Corps of LahoreMajor General Rao Imran Sartaj of the 11th Infantry Division of LahoreBrigadier Mohammad Furqan ShabbirDr Usman Anwar, Inspector General of Punjab PoliceMalik Sohaib Ahmed Bherth, Member of the Provincial Assembly of PunjabadvertisementPakistan has long maintained that it does not harbour or sponsor terrorism of any kind, but according to images shared by the Indian Armed Forces, many Pakistani Army officials attended the terrorists' funerals. Hafiz Abdul Rauf, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, led funeral prayers for three men killed in Indian strikes on a terror camp in Muridke, near Lahore. Civil officials, and members of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), founded by Hafiz Saeed, were also present. Those killed, Qari Abdul Malik, Khalid, and Mudassir—were reportedly JuD members and worked as prayer leaders and caretakers at a mosque destroyed in the strike,Rauf is a specially designated global terrorist by the US after the funeral, a video showed Pakistan Army personnel carrying the coffins of terrorists, which were wrapped in the Pakistan flag, in Muridke. On May 8, India strongly condemned Pakistan for holding "state funerals" for terrorists, and sharply criticised Islamabad, suggesting that conferring "state funerals" on terrorists may have become a practice in Secretary Vikram Misri, at a press briefing, holding up a photograph showing uniformed Pakistani Army and police personnel praying behind the coffins of the slain terrorists, questioned what message this image busted Pakistan's lies claiming civilians were killed in Indian strikes and said, "It's also odd that the funerals of civilians are carried out with coffins being draped in Pakistani flags and state honours being accorded".The precision strikes under Operation Sindoor were carried out in response to the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people. Nine terror sites-- Sawai Nalla, Sarjal, Muridke, Kotli, Kotli Gulpur, Mehmoona Joya, Bhimber and Bahawalpur, were location-- four in Pakistan and five in POK-- were chosen carefully for strikes. The sites included Bahawalpur, the stronghold of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Muridke, the headquarters of InMust Watch
