An affair in Burma Town, Islamabad

Burma Town – the secure haven of a prime terror operative who was killed not too long ago, is roughly a five-minute drive from the Pakistan Air Force Base, Nur Khan.

New Delhi ,UPDATED: Feb 21, 2023 22:28 IST

Pakistan is attempting to maneuver terror entities away from large cities after its exit from the Financial Action Task Force’s checklist (Representational)

By Ankit Kumar: A prime terrorist chief of the sanctioned terrorist outfit Hizb-Ul-Muzahideen was reportedly killed within the suburbs of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. The inconspicuous incident has probably uncovered the secure hideout of one of many key palms chargeable for recruiting and coaching younger militants within the Kashmir valley.

Unsurprisingly, when Bashir Ahmad Peer alias lmtiyaz Alam – a key terrorist chief from Kupwara, crossed the Line of Control (LoC) to Pakistan, he was given shelter at a suburban locality of Pakistan’s energy middle. Situated on the outskirts of Islamabad, Burma Town – the secure haven of the highest terror operative, was roughly a five-minute drive from the Pakistan Air Force Base Nur Khan.

Official information present that Peer acted because the launching commander of the Hizbul and was tasked with the infiltration operations throughout the border.

Identified in his circle as ‘Haji’, he was instrumental in coordinating between terror recruits in Kashmir and Pak-controlled outfits such because the Hizbul and the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

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Earlier, he was formally designated a terrorist below India’s anti-terror regulation Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act final October by the Centre. “Bashir Ahmad Peer, is responsible for providing logistics to Hizb-Ul- Mujahideen terrorists, especially for infiltration into Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir and coordinates with other terrorist groups for terror activities in the Jammu and Kashmir,” a notification issued by the Union Home Ministry in October 2022 famous.

According to intelligence sources, Peer was given excessive safety safety by the Pakistani authorities earlier. His actions have been often adopted by the native safety particulars.

However, for the previous few months, his safety was withdrawn. He was reportedly killed whereas getting back from the native mosque, a part of his each day routine.

This just isn’t the primary time that experiences of lively anti-India terror camps within the capital metropolis of Islamabad have surfaced. In 2018, two folks from J&Okay’s Baramulla, who travelled to Pakistan on professional paperwork, have been arrested whereas returning by way of the Wagah-Attari border. They later confessed that they acquired coaching at a Lashkar terrorist camp in Burma Town, Islamabad.

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“The said terrorist camps are located near Burma Town, Islamabad, and are being run by a terrorist commander operating under the code names Hanzala Adanan and Omar. Other terrorists training the young boys are operating with code names Osama, Naveed and Hataf,” a police officer informed reporters after the arrests.

Latest inputs counsel that following elimination of Pakistan from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) gray checklist, the authorities there have been attempting to maneuver such high-profile terror entities away from the large cities however are dealing with resistance.

Peer was additionally given Pakistan’s citizenship. A cross seek for his Computerised National Identity Card quantity confirmed no less than 5 Pakistan-based SIM playing cards registered towards it.

The cellular service suppliers embody Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited’s Jazz and CMPak Limited’s Zong. Social media posts counsel that the burial was organized on Tuesday.

Breaking : A key commander of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) particularly Bashir Mir alias Imtiaz Alam killed by unknown folks within the outskirts of Ibd. Burial right this moment pic.twitter.com/aOME68KcEA
— Azaz Syed (@AzazSyed) February 21, 2023

But Peer’s killing has discovered little or no point out within the native mainstream information media.

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Feb 21, 2023