Nefarious RAW Sponsoring Terror in Pakistan

By Sarah Khan

Arrest of Indian Intelligence Research and Analysis Wing’s Officer Kul Bushan Yadav followed by one of the worst incident of terror in Lahore which claimed more than 72 lives including women and innocent children leaves no doubt of Indian meddling in Pakistan’s internal affairs. There is no denying that in the past Pakistan has been deeply affected by terrorist activities of all shades and hues. RAW’s role in creating problems for Pakistan especially in Sindh and Balochistan is no secret. Thousands of people have been killed and many more injured in such terrorist incidents, which have been the hallmark of mainly Indian intelligence and some other groups supported by unfriendly foreign countries.

On 25^th March, it was reported that Security Forces in Balochistan claimed the arrest of a man who is 'a serving officer in the Indian Navy and deputed to the Indian intelligence agency “Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)”. The spy had been shifted to Islamabad for interrogation, as he was suspected of involvement in various acts of terrorism and other subversive activities in Balochistan. During investigation he has revealed that more than 500 RAW trained terrorists are in Pakistan. He added that trained terrorists are working in Karachi and Balochistan whereas he traveled to Pakistan from Chah Bahar, an Iranian city and see port.

The spy had links with separatist elements in Balochistan, the individual was also involved in acts of sectarian terrorism and terror attacks in Karachi. Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti confirmed the arrest of an Indian spy from the southern part of the province. The arrest has proved Indian involvement in Balochistan. Bugti added that the Indian spy was sponsoring terrorist and subversive activities in Balochistan. Bugti last year claimed RAW and NDS are behind the funding and training of Baloch insurgents.

Sattar Masoori, a BRA militant who surrendered in August 2015, claimed that the Indian intelligence agency RAW and Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) were behind funding and training of the BRA militants. The RAW and NDS personnel trained BRA militants in its camps in Afghanistan, he said, adding that providing arms and ammunition and transport were also their responsibility. He said he and many other BRA militants had received training to carry out subversive activities in camps in the Afghan district of Spin Boldak and Nimruz.

In February 2016, Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, informed the administrative judge of antiterrorism courts about 90-day preventive detention of three suspected hitmen who had been trained by the Indian spy agency RAW to carry out terrorist activities in Karachi. The suspects disclosed during initial questioning that they along with other accomplices flew to India via Sri Lanka and Thailand and were received by RAW officials at Delhi airport who later took them to different places for training. After completing the training, the suspects were tasked with creating disturbances and carrying out terrorist activities in the city and to train their accomplices, they disclosed.

After the tragic incident of Lahore and confession of RAW’s agent that India has trained 500 terrorists inside Pakistan, the government of Pakistan should urge international community and UN to take action against terrorists of RAW. On the lines of counter ISIS strategy, Pakistan must also urge international community to devise and implement counter RAW related terror strategy in order to eliminate Indian terror from the region. Moreover, it may also be conveyed to Afghanistan and Iran that they must not allow Indian to use their territories as launching pade for terrorist’ acts insides Pakistan.