DG ISPR details another 'false flag' operation staged by India
Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry is addressing the media, detailing what he describes as another “false flag operation” staged by India.
“So-called terrorist incident, another false flag that has been staged by the Indian military. I will take you step by step through the details", said Chaudhry during a press briefing on Thursday.
He said that we were here to talk about a claim made by the Indian military of an anti-terror operation conducted on Sept 29 inside Indian Illegally Occupied Kashmir (IIOJK).
The military spokesperson said that the false flag started on the night of Sept 29, when the corps of the Indian military in IIOJK made a tweet saying that “based on specific intelligence input, a joint search operation was launched by the Indian army, Jammu Kashmir police and CRPF Srinagar in the general area Korag, Yousmarg. Vigilant troops observed suspicious activity, and upon being challenged, terrorists opened fire, prompting a fierce exchange of gunfire during which one terrorist was neutralised”.
Chaudhry said that after seven hours, the Indian military gave an update yesterday morning, saying that a “body of a Pakistan-based LeT terrorist was recovered in a search operation”, further claiming that he had been identified as “Mohammad Asif alias Hashim Moosa”.
The press conference comes after Indian media, citing security sources, claimed that Asif, also known as Hashim Moosa, was killed in an operation in IIOJK and had previously served in the Pakistan Army. According to the reports that emerged in Indian media, Asif was born on March 7, 1980, joined the Pakistan Army in 2000 under service number PA-3106947 and retired with the rank of Havildar. Indian media further claimed that he was inducted into the Special Services Group (SSG) in 2005 and served with the 4 Commando “Yalgar” Battalion.
The reports alleged that Asif was deployed in Balochistan from 2006, where he took part in around 10 operations against Baloch insurgents and was credited with 13 “personal kills”. They also claimed that he served on former president Pervez Musharraf’s VVIP security team between 2006 and 2009.
DR ISPR in today's presser stated that the Indian newspaper ANI reported further details about “Asif”, including his joining date, his service number, details of his retirement, his photo, and further claimed that he was a former Hawaldar of the SSG branch of the Pakistan military. “A very interesting story is getting cooked, and you have a face as well. You might recall the false flags of Uri, Pahalgam and Pulwama.
He further stated that the Indian government then claimed through the Home Affairs and Press Information Bureau that the Indian Army had neutralised a LeT “commander”, who was later identified as “Musa aka Asif Fauji”, through an intelligence-led operation.
"According to the Indian government, this was a serious blow to the LeT ecosystem, and Asif had been operating in Jammu and Kashmir since 2022 and was involved in sensational attacks. Asif was neutralised after six months of a sustained operation,” he added.
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