INDIAN INVOLVEMENT TO MALIGN THE IMAGE OF PAKISTAN

Counterfeit news produced by India prompted the sudden withdrawal of the ‘Kiwis’ visit to Pakistan. Fawad Chaudhary Minister for Information and Broadcasting, said in a press conference on Wednesday 22nd September 2021, portraying the plot as a conspiracy feature of 5th generation hybrid warfare contrary to Pakistan.

Briefing to a joint news session alongside  Sheikh Rashid, the Interior Minister, Fawad Chaudhry stated that India had been incubating connivance against Pakistan however like in the past it would never be able to debilitate "our presence" at the international forum.

New Zealand unexpectedly canceled their first visit through Pakistan just before the start of the 1st ODI in Rawalpindi, referring to an undefined security alert. Fawad uncovered that the visit was dropped based on a phony email and a phony Facebook post.

Fawad told the journalists that the bogus news was created by India to scamper the visit. The hostile email was created from Proton mail and the Pakistani government has requested assistance from Interpol to probe the matter in detail.

                                                                                     

As indicated by the Minister, a FB post was circled on 19th August from a fictitious account of Ehsan Ullah Ehsan via social media, asking Black Caps and their administration not to play cricket series in Pakistan.

The FB post had cautioned that a plan is plotted to target the cricket team of New Zealand. In view of the phony post, Abhinandan Mishra, head of ‘Sunday Guardian’ an Indian Newspaper, composed an article 2 days later and asserted that the New Zealand cricket crew may confront a terrorist attack while being in Pakistan.

Abhinandan Mishra was likewise found in touch with previous Afghan VP Amrullah Saleh, Fawad Chaudhry said, adding that prediction of the security threat by the distribution of an article dependent on a phony FB post proposed an organized mission to scamper the visit.

Fawad Chaudhary further said that the spouse of Martin Guptill a New Zealand player got an email on 24th August 24 from tehreekelabaik@protonmail.com, with a threat to kill the player on the visit. That ID was not connected with any SMN.

Fawad Chaudhary pointed out that the Email ID was created at 01:05 AM, on 24th August 2021 and the email was delivered around 11:59 AM on the same day. Clearly, the email was produced deliberately as no record of any other activity was found from the mentioned ID. In spite of all the conspiracies, the visit of the New Zealand cricket team was not dropped and the ‘Kiwis’ showed up in Pakistan.

The team went to rehearsals on 13th and 14th September at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium yet no security threat was accounted for. Both the teams of Pakistan and New Zealand again completed their rehearsals on 16th September. But on 17th September, ‘Kiwis’ along with their government communicated concerns over the conveyed security alert and dropped the visit unilaterally without even informing the nature of the threat. On 18th September, Interpol Wellington communicated Interpol Islamabad about receiving an email having threat to kill by the police of NZ from an Email ID i.e, hamzaafridi7899@gmail.com, and ask for the investigation.

Fawad Chaudhary added that hamzaafridi7899@gmail.com was created at 18:10 hrs on 17th September (UTC) and 23:10 hrs (PST). So the bogus email was forwarded just after 15 min of creating the email ID which means the ID was created for a particular reason.

He further said that the discussed email was sent through an associated gadget in India utilizing VPN, screening the IP address or area of Singapore. The gadget RMX 1971, he proceeded, operated thirteen email IDs and besides of Hamza Afridi, the other twelve email IDs had Hindi/Indian names.

ID with the name of Hamza Afridi was intentionally created to malign the image of Pakistan, which referred to the inclusion of Indian agencies in the matter. He further said, adding that the cell phone used was launched in India in August 2019 and the Subject Jio SIM was enrolled on that cell phone on 25th September 2019, demonstrating a solitary client.

He expressed that the social media exploitation and co-relation have revealed that the possible owner of subject email ID is Omparkash Mishra an Indian from Mumbai.

Though the message and timing of the threat mail advocated that this email was not the justification for the withdrawal but rather was forwarded soon after the withdrawal to insult Pakistan and prove the security threats for New Zealand and other visiting countries.

Abhinandan Mishra composed one more article on 18th September naming as “Threat of Kabul Airport-like attack led NZ to cancel Pak tour”. Fawad Chaudhry added that the inclusion of Indian Intelligence agencies and Media in an efficient mission to malign Pakistan dependent on a composed and organized social media crusade showed mala fide intention.

He told journalists that FIA would contact the Proton mail and Interpol and for the providing of all the details related to tehreekelabaik@protonmail.com. The Federal Investigation Agency is in touch with Interpol for subtleties of these email IDs and Pakistan will likewise demand other cricket crews to share security-related concerns, assuming any.

Fawad Chaudhary emphasized that the International Cricket Council should consider these malicious and nefarious activities of Indian nationals, else it will unfavorably affect the 'Respectable man's Game' for a long time to come.

He told that Pakistan had discovered that the same threatening email had been sent to the Cricket Board of West Indies from one more fictitious email ID as ehshanullahehshan@protonmail.com. We are currently investigating, but it is intriguing to take note that no one having knowledge of Urdu would spell 'ehsan' as 'ehshan' at all. This spelling botch in the ID clearly reflected the inclusion of Indian hands.

He added that during SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) summit, when Imran Khan, was to give his discourse to the regional gathering he was communicated about the news of New Zealand’s withdrawal from the visit.

Chairman PCB Ramiz Raja requested Imran Khan to call and assure the Prime Minister of New Zealand with regard to the security of the ‘Kiwis’. The Prime Minister told New Zealand’s leader that dropping out of the visit would bring about individuals' dissatisfaction and outrage. But she asserted that she had crucial information about the plot to assault New Zealand players.

Fawad Chaudhary further told that Ramiz Raja, PCB Chairman, the interior and foreign ministry would raise the issue at every single concerned platform.

CASE REGISTERED

In the meantime, the Cyber Crime Wing of FIA Islamabad filed FIR against the individual and facilitators, who sent undermining messages to the NZ Police under the significant sections of the PCEA (Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act)

It was discovered that the Pakistani specialists had finished a primer examination concerning the data shared by Interpol regarding threat email forwarded from the hamzaafridi7899@gmail.com.

The FIR referred that the motivation behind sending the undermining messages was to disrupt relations between two nations, establish an environment of dread among the individuals and government. Further inquiry was anticipated after the enlistment of the case.