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NDTV
18-07-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
'The Dirty 7': Terrorists Wanted By India, The World, But Protected By Pakistan
New Delhi: Seven of the world's most wanted terrorists - men with millions of dollars in bounties on their heads and who have orchestrated horrific attacks that claimed the lives of thousands, in India and abroad - are not hiding in rundown motels or 'roughing it out' in remote jungle camps. Instead, they live as free men in Pakistan, backed and protected by the Pak Army and deep state, and operate with impunity, plotting terror attacks on India and Indians, recruiting and radicalising young men and women to perpetrate their violence, and living a luxurious life. In the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack - in which 26 people were killed by terrorists from The Resistance Front, a proxy of the banned and Pak-based Lashkar-e-Taiba - the spotlight is now firmly on these terrorist leaders and Pakistan's inaction despite a mountain of evidence. Who are these terrorists? First up is Hafiz Saeed. Saeed is the boss of the Lashkar, or LeT, terrorist group that he established in the early 1990s as the military wing of the Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad, a Pak-based Islamic fundamentalist missionary group, according to the United States' Office of the Director of Naval Intelligence. A ODNI report said the LeT is responsible for "numerous attacks against Indian troops and civilian targets across the country. The list of Lashkar assaults on India is long and bloody, and includes the bombing of commuter trains in Mumbai in 2006 and the 26/11 attacks on the city. Over 360 people died in those two attacks alone. Terrorist Hafiz Saeed is officially under 'house arrest' in Pak, but is actually a free man (File). Lashkar terrorists also attacked the Red Fort in Delhi in 2000. The man behind all these terror strikes has been designated a terrorist by the US and the United Nations and has a $10 million bounty on his head, but lives comfortably in Lahore under armed guard. Pak minister Bilawal Bhutto last month claimed Hafiz Saeed is under 'house arrest'. The Lashkar HQ in Muridke was destroyed by India during Operation Sindoor. Then there is Masood Azhar, the boss of the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist group that is also based out of Pakistan and protected by the Pak Army and deep state. The mastermind of the horrific Pulwama and Uri terror attacks - which killed 59 soldiers and injured dozens more - Azhar was labelled a 'global terrorist' by the United Nations in 2019. Cut to today... and he is officially 'untraceable'. Pak claims they don't know the location of Masood Azhar (File). Only he isn't; in November he gave a speech at an Islamic seminary in Pak's Punjab province and vowed more terror strikes on India. The Indian government demanded his immediate arrest but Pak dithered again, claiming it had, and still doesn't have, information on his whereabouts. Earlier this month Mr Bhutto claimed Azhar might be in Afghanistan. Intel, however, indicates Azhar continues to operate from Bahawalpur in Pak, which was also one of the terror camps disabled by missile strikes during Op Sindoor. NDTV Exclusive | Perhaps the ultimate sign of the protection offered to the LeT and JeM bosses are reports the Pak government has begun rebuilding launchpads and terror camps that were destroyed. Next up is Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, a fundamentalist Islamic preacher and a senior figure in the LeT. In fact, he is reported to be the terror group's military chief and was the architect behind the 26/11 Mumbai attack. He was jailed by Pak, albeit very briefly, before being released on bail. This was despite India providing evidence of his role in the Mumbai attack. Lakhvi was briefly in a Pak jail but was given bail despite India's protests (File). Back in 2020, when Pak was on the 'grey list' of the Financial Action Task Force, a global anti-terror financing watchdog, Lakhvi did face significant financial sanctions from Islamabad. But since then he has been as free as any of the other terrorists on this list, with addresses in Punjab province and even in Islamabad on the record. He is believed to have the protection of the Pak Army and even China; Beijing blocked a UN bid to place him on a key list of terrorists. Fourth on the list is Syed Salahuddin, the chief of the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist group and who has vowed to turn the Kashmir Valley into "a graveyard for Indian forces". Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin has vowed to kill Indian soldiers (File). Designated a terrorist by the US' Department of State and India's National Investigation Agency, he still leads anti-India rallies in Pak-occupied Kashmir and calling for jihad against India. Then there's Dawood Ibrahim, mob boss extraordinaire and one of the world's most wanted fugitives. The head of the infamous D-Company crime syndicate, he is wanted on charges of murder and murder-for-hire, extortion, drug trafficking, and terrorism. Wanted crime boss and terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is living in Karachi (File). He was labelled a 'global terrorist' by India and the US in 2003 for his role in the bombings in Mumbai a decade earlier, and was even on the 'most wanted' list of the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation. The $25 million bounty on his head alone underlines his nefarious status. He has been tracked to Karachi, where he is untouched, of course, under the security of the Pak government, its intel wing, the Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, and the country's armed forces. There are many more, of course. There is Iqbal Bhatkal, a bomber who founded the Indian Mujahideen, and his brother, Riyaz Bhatkal, the co-founded the group and acts as its financier. Both are in Karachi and run sleeper cells in India. Multiple terror groups and terrorists use Pak as a launchpad to attack Indian territory, a state of affairs that continues despite India raising this at the highest levels in the international community, This includes providing a growing mountain of material highlighting Islamabad's roles in terror attacks.
India.com
18-07-2025
- Politics
- India.com
Two leaders met in the bathroom to stop Pakistan from dividing, why was there a need to create Bangladesh?
Two leaders met in the bathroom to stop Pakistan from dividing, why was there a need to create Bangladesh? Violence has erupted once again in our neighbouring country Bangladesh. People have come out on the streets. The ancestral house of India's great filmmaker Satyajit Ray was also vandalised. Last year too, riots started in Bangladesh in July which soon turned into severe violence. Due to which Sheikh Hasina not only had to leave the post of PM, but also had to leave the country to save her life and had to take refuge in India. Did you know Dhaka Television had clearly refused to play the Pakistani national anthem? That is when the Pak Army considered the Awami League a separatist organization. In fact, on March 23, 'Lahore Resolution Day' was being celebrated, the idea of an independent Muslim country was announced for the first time. However, this time the scene is a little different from the last time, this time there are clashes between the workers of two parties. On the other hand, after the Pakistani army and intelligence agency, now Pakistani terrorist groups have also entered Bangladesh. In such a situation, should it be believed that Bangladesh is once again on the path of becoming Pakistan? Why there was a need to create Bangladesh, what was going on in Pakistan a few months before the creation of Bangladesh? Why did Bangladesh become a separate country? When India got independence from the British in 1947, it was divided into two parts. On the basis of religion, a new country Pakistan was created on the map. The newly-formed nation Pakistan was divided into eastern and western provinces. People of East Pakistan spoke Bengali. Women wore colorful saris. On the contrary, Urdu and Punjabi were dominant in West Pakistan. There was a culture of burqa and hijab. 55 percent of Pakistan's population lived in East Pakistan and 45 percent in West Pakistan. Out of the total 313 seats in the Parliament of Pakistan i.e. the National Assembly, 169 were in East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) and 144 in West Pakistan (present Pakistan). Despite this, 80 percent of the budget was spent on only 45 percent of the people. That is, it was spent on West Pakistan. The leaders who ran the government were also from the West and they considered the people of East Pakistan as second class citizens and for the Pak Army they were nothing more than insects. When the people of East Pakistan raised their voice against inequality and economic discrimination, the Pak Army suppressed their voice. Abusive words were used against East Pakistanis. They were considered weak and inferior. If they went to the police to tell their plight, the police also blamed them. In 1952, there was a movement in Pakistan regarding the Bengali language, in which many students lost their lives. This was just the beginning. Why did Bangabandhu file a case? Sheikh Mujibur Rahman alias 'Bangabandhu', the head of East Pakistan's political party Awami League, raised his voice against political inequality and economic discrimination towards his province. After the Indo-Pak war of 1965, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman said in Lahore, 'Provincial autonomy is also necessary to bring uniformity in the economic development of both the provinces.' This suggestion of Awami League leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was not only ignored, but a case was lodged against him in 1968 under the 'Agartala Conspiracy'. It was alleged that he was conspiring with India to break East Pakistan. 1970 elections added fuel to the fire of Partition Neither the government considered the East Pakistanis important nor the administration listened to them. The people were growing angry with the attitude of the people in the government and the misbehavior of the police and the army. While demanding their rights, the East Pakistanis started demanding an independent nation. The general elections held in December 1970 added fuel to the fire of partition in Pakistan. Before the 1970 general elections, Pakistan was under President's rule and dictator General Yahya Khan was the President. In the general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League had fielded candidates on 169 seats including East Pakistan, out of which it won 167 seats, while the Pakistan People's Party won only 81 seats out of 138 seats in West Pakistan. The majority figure to form a government in Pakistan was 157 seats. Sheikh Mujiburahman had the majority to form the government, but the leaders of West Pakistan did not want Bengalis to rule them. Pakistan's military dictator General Yahya Khan refused to make Sheikh Mujiburahman the Prime Minister. On March 7, 1971, Sheikh Mujiburahman gave a historic speech at the Race Course Ground in Dhaka. He declared East Pakistan independent and named the country Bangladesh. 'Let western leaders form the government', the conversation that took place in bathroom After this, on March 15, 1971, when Yahya Khan reached Dhaka to talk about the transfer of power, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman came to meet him in a white car. There was also a black flag on the car. When Yahya Khan took Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the drawing room of the Government House for talks, Sheikh protested. John Sisson and Leo Rose, while referring to this meeting in their book 'War and Secession: Pakistan, India and Creation of Bangladesh', wrote- Sheikh Mujiburahman wanted to talk in private. Yahya Khan ordered two chairs to be placed in the bathroom. After this, the talks to save Pakistan started in the bathroom. The talks lasted for about two and a half hours. On 19 March, Yahya invited Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, leader of the Pakistan People's Party, to Dhaka to join the talks. Once again the three – Sheikh, Yahya and Bhutto – met. Yahya tried to mediate between Bhutto and Sheikh, but the two were not on speaking terms. Then Yahya joked to lighten the atmosphere and said- 'You both are behaving like a newly married couple.' Yahya held their hands and asked them to talk, then Bhutto and Sheikh Mujibur started talking to each other. After this discussion, it was agreed that Bangladesh would exist within a united Pakistan, but on 23 March, all plans were ruined. In fact, on 23 March, 'Lahore Resolution Day' was being celebrated all over Pakistan. On this day in 1940, the idea of an independent Muslim country was announced for the first time. On 3 December 1971, Indian soldiers jumped into the battlefield to stop the brutality of the Pakistani army. The war between India and Pakistan took place on all three fronts. Within 13 days, the Pakistani army had to surrender. In this war, more than 93 thousand Pakistani soldiers surrendered to the Indian army and a new nation was born in the form of Bangladesh.
NDTV
11-07-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
"We Are Proud... In 23 Minutes, Hit 9 Targets": NSA Ajit Doval On Op Sindoor
New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval hailed the capacity and capability of the Indian armed forces in Chennai Friday, pointing to precision strikes that "crisscrossed Pakistan" during Operation Sindoor. "We are proud... in 23 minutes nine targets were hit. We missed none (and) we hit nowhere else except those targets," he said. Mr Doval praised the quality of indigenously developed weapons and defence systems, such as the BrahMos missile and the integrated air command system. Operation Sindoor was India's military response to the Pahalgam terror attack, and involved the first tri-service mission against Pak since the 1971 war. India successfully targeted nine terror camps and training bases - four in Pak and five in Pak/occupied Kashmir in the opening phase. That was followed by armed conflict with Pak after it responded by targeting Indian military bases and even civilian centres. It was in this phase that the quality of India's aerial defence system was highlighted; the system intercepted numerous drones, missiles, and loitering munitions, emerging as a globally actionable defence asset. Mr Doval also called out claims by foreign press that Pak's attacks had caused significant damage to Indian military bases. "Foreign press said that Pakistan did that and tell me one photograph, one image, which shows any damage to any Indian (structure), even a glass pane having been broken..." "They wrote these things and put out images only showed 13 air bases in Pakistan before and after 10th May, whether it was in Sargodha, Rahim Yar Khan, Chaklala...I am only telling you what the foreign media put out on the basis of are capable of doing that (damage to Pakistani air bases..." the NSA added. India said its attacks had been precise and targeted only Pak Army and Air Force facilities.
Mint
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Memes flood social media as Trump to host Pakistan's Asim Munir at White House for backing Nobel Peace Prize bid
US President Donald Trump and Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir are slated to meet over lunch, which has recently been announced by the White House. The lunch invitation is more like a closed-door meeting between both the leaders, which is a major development while the world is currently focused on the Israel-Iran conflict. However, more than the updates and information about the meeting, memes have taken over the Internet about the Trump-Munir talk, with Bollywood being one of the major themes of the same. From scenes of Anil Kapoor and Amrish Puri starrer film Rishtey to Sadashiv Amrapurkar's glimpses from the film Ishq (1997), social media is rife with videos which hint at 'what's going to happen when both of them meet." Then comes an iconic scene from Anil Kapoor's Nayak, which was converted into a trendy meme ahead of the meeting. More rib-tickling memes were shared by social media users, most of which took a dig at the Pak Army leader for the meeting. Some even compared him with a Rajpal Yadav character from the 2009 Bollywood film De Dana Dan. A scene from 'Chain Kulli ki Main Kulli', a 2007-released Hindi film, starring young star Zain Khan and Rahul Bose was also used for these hilarious memes. More funny and viral videos were also seen cropping up on the Internet for this upcoming meeting of the world leaders. The White House confirmed this Trump-Munir meeting through White House spokesperson Anna Kelly, who said the visit came in light of Munir's recent response in regard to Trump's role in halting the escalation of the conflict between India and Pakistan.
NDTV
18-06-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
On PM-Trump Phone Call, Congress' 'Triple Jhatka ' Jab, BJP's "Liar" Reply
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's phone call with Donald Trump - in which the US President's claim of negotiating the India-Pakistan ceasefire after Operation Sindoor was firmly rebutted - was labelled a 'triple jhatka ' by the Congress' Jairam Ramesh Wednesday afternoon. The Congress said the call, claimed as a diplomatic win by the government, and its context were actually a 'triple jolt' to India. The big ' jhatka ', it said, was that it took place as Pak Army chief General Asim Munir is expected to have lunch with Mr Trump in the White House later today. "Asim Munir, the man whose inflammatory, incendiary, and provocative remarks were linked directly to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attacks, is having lunch with President Trump in the White House." "Is this why President Trump abandoned the G7 Summit a day early..." Mr Ramesh asked on X, demanding to know if Mr Modi had raised this issue in his conversation with the American leader. Field Marshall Asim Munir, the man whose inflammatory, incendiary and provocative remarks were linked directly to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attacks, is having lunch today with President Trump in the White House. Is this why President Trump abandoned the G7 Summit a day early… — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) June 18, 2025 "He (the PM) should have made the US President aware of the direct link between Asim Munir's absolutely unacceptable remarks... which gave oxygen to the Pahalgam terrorists." General Munir was condemned in India for inflammatory and outrageous comments days before the Pahalgam terror attack; the Pak Army chief had described Kashmir as Islamabad's 'jugular vein'. The remarks were flagged by Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, who said the terrorists who killed 26 people based on their faith, had been driven by Gen Munir's "extreme religious outlook". US President Donald Trump and Pak Army chief General Asim Munir (File). The opposition party has now claimed that Gen Munir being in the US at this time - while Mr Modi and Mr Trump spoke about the terror attack orchestrated by the Pak deep state - reflects poorly on India. The Congress leader also referred to repeated claims (14 by Mr Ramesh's count) by Mr Trump of having " sure as hell helped settle the problem between India and Pak" and remarks by a top American general about Islamabad being a 'phenomenal' partner in counter-terror operations'. These combined, Mr Ramesh, declared, constituted a "triple jhatka". "... Indian diplomacy is being shattered and the PM is totally silent," he said, demanding the PM summon and brief Parliament, in detail, on this phone conversation with President Trump. "For 37 days the Prime Minister did not say anything... today we are told he had a 35-minute call with President Trump... (who) has also put out a statement from the White House. There is a difference between the two statements... Why cannot the PM call an all-party meet (and) say the same thing (he told Mr Trump) in Parliament. Take opposition leaders into confidence and say the same thing..." BJP's "Congential Liar" Response Mr Ramesh's broadside was countered by the BJP's Amit Malviya, who called the Congress leader "a congenital liar - much like Rahul Gandhi". The taunt was aimed at the claim the US had released a readout of the call with the PM. As of 1.40 pm, Mr Malviya said, no statement had been released. "He is now peddling yet another falsehood, claiming that Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri's statement doesn't match the US readout - while dramatically waving his phone around." Jairam Ramesh has long been known for peddling fake narratives — even many within his own party have admitted it openly. But this time, he has been caught with his hand in the till! Look closely till 1:40 PM — US Embassy spokesperson Christopher Elms clearly states there has… — Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) June 18, 2025 "But here is the catch: the readout he is citing is from January 2025! There is no official US release yet on the latest call," he declared, "The Congress and its troll army simply cannot digest the fact PM Modi told President Trump in clear terms - India neither needs nor accepts any third-party mediation." BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla also blasted the Congress, calling it the "biggest supplier, spreader and cultivator" of fake news. Meanwhile, the Congress leader was not the only one to raise questions over the details of the call as announced by the Foreign Secretary. Shiv Sena UBT's Sanjay Raut said Mr Trump needed to "tweet about it (that the US had no role in the ceasefire) and say he takes back his words".
