KARACHI — Deep
State Pakistan's well-deserved reputation as a haven for terrorists around the
world was confirmed once again on Wednesday as posters featuring
Lashkar-e-Taiba commanders and Pakistani Army Chief General Asim Munir cropped
up throughout the country on the 27th anniversary of 'Youm-e-Takbeer', or 'day
of greatness', marking the conduct of five simultaneous underground nuclear
tests in Balochistan on May 28, 1998.
From Karachi to Lahore, several posters and digital
signboards showed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and top Generals of Pakistan Army
sharing space on the same, large screens and billboards at a time when the
world continues to call on Islamabad to take credible and irreversible steps
against terrorism operating from all territories under its control, including
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), following the heinous April 22 Pahalgam terror
attack.
A group calling itself The Resistance Front (TRF), a front
for the UN-proscribed Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, had claimed
responsibility for the attack which resulted in death of 26 innocent civilians.
However, Pakistan, which has a long track record of
perpetrating cross-border terror in India, continues to deny the deep-rooted
nexus between its military and global terror outfits by making hysterical
statements to obfuscate the core issue.
Pakistan's ugly truth of aiding terrorism and washing its
hands off any and all involvement with terrorism is laid bare every day, not
just on 'Youm-e-Takbeer'.
"Only in Pakistan can a nuclear celebration feature
terrorists and generals on the same billboard. Lashkar-e-Taiba and Pak Army,
shoulder to shoulder - and the world still pretends they're separate?
Youm-e-Takbeer is a parade of state-sponsored terror," wrote a user on X.
As Pakistani politicians engaged in chest thumping on
Wednesday, terming 'Youm-e-Takbeer' the moment Pakistan "chose sovereignty
over submission", the celebrations were being ridiculed on social media,
especially after India had pounded Pakistani Air Force bases and terror
infrastructure earlier this month, during the decisive Operation Sindoor.
"Digital signboards in Lahore display Lashkar-e-Taiba
and the Pakistan Army together. On April 28, Lashkar-e-Taiba and PMLN is
celebrating Youm-e-Takbeer (Victory Day) across Pakistan, despite the loss of
several terrorist camps and PAF airbases," wrote Faraz Pervaiz, a
Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy by Pakistan's Federal Investigation
Agency (FIA).
While Pakistan continues to glorify terrorists and terrorism
making it clear that it will not mend its ways, India has been exposing the
terror entities operating from the Pakistani soil at various global forums,
showing the world where the epicentre of global terrorism lies.
"We just recently saw senior government, police, and
military officials pay respects at the funeral of noted terrorists targeted by
Operation Sindoor. Pakistan military's top brass, including Lieutenant General
Fayyaz Hussain Shah and Major General Rao Imran, and Punjab Police Inspector General
Usman Anwar were among those who attended the funerals of terrorists killed in
the Operation Sindoor strikes, including Hafiz Abdur Rauf, a senior leader of
the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who is designated a terrorist by the US
government," India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, P.
Harish, told the UN Security Council last week.
India has also provided several inputs about the TRF to the
Monitoring Team of the UN's 1267 Sanctions Committee, bringing out its role as
a cover for Pakistan-based terrorist groups. Earlier too, in December 2023,
India had informed the monitoring team about LeT and Jaish-e-Mohammad operating
through small terror groups such as the TRF.
