Fresh intelligence inputs paint a grim picture of Pakistan’s latest destabilization scheme targeting Punjab. Anarchist groups, under ISI patronage, aim to inundate the border state with narcotics, guns, and explosives. The blueprint emerged from a secretive Lahore summit, where Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) was appointed commander-in-chief of the smuggling blitz.
This operation seeks to rekindle Khalistan fervor in Punjab while diverting arms to Jammu and Kashmir. Sources in the Intelligence Bureau note mounting pressure on ISI from Khalistani hardliners in Canada and beyond, irked by their inability to gain traction in India.
Credit goes to coordinated efforts by central intelligence and Punjab Police, which have kept these agitators at bay. Punjab’s younger generation shows zero appetite for separatism, bolstered by veterans who recount the 1980s turmoil’s scars.
Shifting gears, BKI now banks on financial incentives and drug addiction to recruit. Discussions in Lahore’s Gulberg neighborhood outlined a bold pivot: exploit Punjab’s drug epidemic to draw in impressionable minds disillusioned by ideology alone.
Raids and surveillance confirm BKI’s hoards in ISI godowns across Lahore, Islamabad, and Faizabad, brimming with fresh contraband arrivals. Smuggling bids into India intensify monthly. Locally, Khalistanis find no footing, but abroad, SFJ orchestrates ‘referendums’ and social media hate campaigns against India.
Overseas activists grill ISI on stalled Indian ops, craving deeper Pakistani backing. As tensions simmer, India’s security apparatus braces for escalation, fortifying defenses to safeguard Punjab’s peace and unity.