WORLD NEWS | Pakistan’s ISI runs smuggling network

Islamabad [Pakistan]May 11 (ANI): Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) operates an extensive smuggling network involving senior military officers, Khalsa Vox reported, citing interviews with retired Pakistani military officers Major Adil Raja and Colonel Akbar Hussain.

According to news reports, the network allegedly fueled the Khalistan movement and played a major role in creating and operating narco-terrorism. In a video interview, Pakistani military officer Colonel Akbar Hussain spoke with retired Pakistani military officer and YouTuber Major Adil Raja, who shared details about ISI activities, according to Khalsa Vox.

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Adil Raja said the ISI used people like Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) chief Paramjit Singh Panjwad to run drug cartels and target young people in Punjab. Intelligence agencies facilitated the smuggling of drugs into India and used “terrorists like Panjwad as pawns”.

Colonel Akbar Hussein said many senior military personnel were part of the entrenched illegal drug networks in the system. According to Khalsa Vox, this participation has not performed well in the battalion and has brought disgrace to the Pakistani flag.

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Adil Raja said the ISI raised money under the guise of black operations, which was then used to fund smuggling and contraband networks. He claimed that Paramjit Singh Panjwad, under ISI protection, transported illegal weapons and drugs across the border to India.

According to news reports, intelligence agencies still rely on Panjwad to escalate Khalistani separatism in Punjab and to plan terrorist attacks such as the 1999 bombing near the passport office in Chandigarh.

Panjwad, known in Lahore as Malik Sardar Singh, was eventually shot dead by unidentified assailants in Lahore’s Johar town on May 6, according to Khalsa Vox. In July 2020, the Indian government designated his organization, KCF, as a terrorist organization for its bombings and murders. Major Adil Raja claims the Pakistani Army uses actresses as beauty traps. (Arnie)

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