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Hafiz Abdul Rauf, a US-designated global terrorist, can be seen conducting prayers in the presence of uniformed Pakistan Army personnel, indicating State support for Jihadi groups
Hafiz Abdul Rauf (on mic) enjoys a free run in Pakistan, attending public events and representing LeT-linked institutions. (Screenshot)
In a video that has yet again exposed Pakistan’s duplicity on combating terror, LeT commander Hafiz Abdul Rauf was caught on video leading funeral prayers for terrorists killed in precision Indian strikes early on Wednesday. India’s Operation Sindoor flattened nine terror sites in Pakistan and PoK linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, killing about 80-100 terrorists.
In the video, Rauf— a US-designated global terrorist—can be seen conducting the prayers in the presence of uniformed Pakistan Army personnel, indicating the State’s support for Jihadi groups.
Rauf, who was designated a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) by the United States in 2010, enjoys a free run in Pakistan, attending public events and representing LeT-linked institutions. He has held multiple leadership roles within the terror network and in 2008, on the orders of LeT chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, he led a delegation to oversee LeT-linked activities in Bajaur, Pakistan.
Several media outlets reported that Rauf was earlier designated as LeT’s Director of Public Service in 2003 apart from serving as a public spokesperson for the terror group. He played an instrumental role in giving shape to propaganda campaigns under the banner of Falah-i Insaniat Foundation (FIF)—a shadow outfit—to further LeT’s agenda.
The videos serve as a reminder of Pakistan’s support for outfits fomenting terror on India soil, a glimpse of which was seen in a separate admission by Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif, who recently acknowledged that the country had long supported and funded terrorist groups, describing it as “dirty work" done for foreign powers.
OPERATION SINDOOR
In a calculated precision strike, India avenged the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam which claimed the lives of 26 people by striking terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Wednesday.
Terming the strikes “measured and non-escalatory", India stressed that no Pakistani military facilities were targeted. Sources said the strikes were carefully calibrated, with precision targeting, and PM Modi personally monitored the entire operation.
A senior defence official, while speaking to CNN-News18, said India struck nine targets in total—four in Pakistan and five in PoK—in close coordination with the Indian Army and Air Force. The retaliation was “non-contact" in nature, and in military terms, called “kinetic action". The sites included Bahawalpur, the stronghold of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Muridke, the headquarters of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar said that as many as 10 members of his family and four aides were killed in Indian strikes.
Location :Islamabad, Pakistan
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