The Blood-Stained Hands of a Propaganda State
By: Ayaan Malik
As always, Pakistan has once again activated its propaganda machinery to spread misinformation and shift blame following the brutal massacre of innocent civilians in Baisaran Pahalgam. In this deadly terror attack, more than 26 people were killed and a dozen injured. Instead of condemning the barbaric act of terrorism, Pakistan is falsely accusing India of orchestrating a so-called false flag operation. This is yet another shameful chapter in Pakistan’s long history of psychological warfare, disinformation, and wilful denial of truth.
Whenever there is a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir or any other part of India, Pakistan’s army, its intelligence agency ISI, and its state-controlled media immediately begin spinning narratives, accusing India of killing its own people. Such claims are not only baseless but deeply insulting to the integrity of Indian defense forces and intelligence agencies, whose primary duty is to safeguard the nation and protect civilians. No civilized country’s security and intelligence apparatus can stoop so low as to kill its own innocent citizens. Only Pakistan, globally labelled as the “epicentre of terrorism,” has repeatedly done so with its own population in various parts of the country, such as Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and assumes that other countries would behave similarly.
Pakistan has mastered the practice of extreme indoctrination, psychological manipulation, and information warfare. One historical example is how it radicalized the Afghan population during the........
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