Comment by Riaz Haq on September 24, 2021 at 4:23pm

#Indian #intelligence #RAW agent, who spied on #Pakistan, lives a miserable life in #India. Daniel served a 4-year sentence in Pakistan. He was promised money & government job. Now he drives a rickshaw while his wife works as a maid washing dishes. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2321560/raw-agent-who-spied-on-pakista...

About the tasks assigned to him, he said he was asked to gather information about the location of various army units, their movement and said at times he was tasked to make friendly contacts with Pakistani working or retired military personnel and try to get any type of information.

Daniel said he and his other fellow agents also used to lure some Pakistanis to work for RAW and in those days since only the Indian side was fenced they faced no problem in smuggling people, as the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) always facilitated them.
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Indian agents working for the notorious Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) feel dejected and abandoned by their parent spy agency, forcing them to live the rest of their lives in squalid conditions.

For people like Daniel, who served a four-year sentence in Pakistan, life has become miserable as now he has to drive a rickshaw while his wife works as a maid washing dishes, to earn some livelihood, an Indian news channel Pro Punjab said.

In an interview, Daniel, a Christian, who lives in an Indian Punjab village bordering Sialkot and Narowal area, claimed that he worked for his country’s spy agency RAW, on lucrative promises of money and a government job, and was smuggled into Pakistan in 1992 to carry out the dirty work.


“We used to feel very proud while working for RAW,” he said to a question, however, felt disheartened that his agency had abandoned him.

Daniel said he travelled back and forth across the border 10 times in a year, till he got caught in 1993 in Lahore. When questioned about his arrest, he said he did not utter a single word about being tasked by RAW to gather information from Pakistan, during the tough interrogation.

He said they were told to pose as smugglers or act like someone who crossed over to the other side by mistake. He said he was shifted from various jails and eventually released from Kot Lakhpat jail Lahore.

The former spy went on to say that in one of his earlier ventures into Pakistan, he barely escaped arrest and hid under a culvert as a Rangers team patrolled the area. ”We hid there for over an hour till it was clear to move in the dark.”

Comment by Riaz Haq on January 27, 2022 at 11:46am

EH
@ejazhaider
FINALLY, ISPR comes up with a pro forma, perfunctory statement on the Kech attk, hours AFTER i wrote my analysis. but missing from all this is a simple fact: BLF, for years, has used Iran's soil for mounting attacks in southwest Balochistan. why are we afraid of that discussion?

https://twitter.com/ejazhaider/status/1486776348223979528?s=20

EH
@ejazhaider
in my public debate with
@mosharrafzaidi
i constantly favoured a proactive CT policy. why wait for attacks on our soil; why not take the war to the enemies in Afghanistan and Iran? i can tell you we have the capability; not sure if we have the balls.

EH
@ejazhaider
ps: are we more engrossed in the Islamabad power politics shit than securing our interests? as i said on
@ZarrarKhuhro
's programme last night, state with balls could take out Mohsin Fakhrezadeh south of Tehran. you wanna deal with Tehran, deal from a position of strength.

Comment by Riaz Haq 4 hours ago

Reports on the status of former Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) Commander-in-Chief Bashir Zeb Baloch indicate that he has stepped down from his role, amid unverified social media and intelligence claims that he was seriously injured in a poisoning incident. [1, 2]
The current details surrounding his situation include:
Official Leadership Transition: On November 3, 2026, the BLA announced that Bashir Zeb Baloch is no longer serving as the head of the organization following a constitutional transition decision made during a Senior Command Council meeting held on October 16, 2026. The group's statement did not disclose his current location or comment on health rumors. [1, 2]
Poisoning and Hospitalization Rumors: Unverified reports and social media claims circulating on platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Telegram allege that Zeb was poisoned by a close associate in Kandahar, Afghanistan, admitted to Mohammand International Hospital in critical condition or a coma, and possibly moved to India for treatment. [1, 2, 3]
Lack of Independent Confirmation: There is no independent, official confirmation of the poisoning, coma, or hospital transfer. Other unverified historical rumors had previously speculated he was killed in a Pakistani airstrike in September. [1, 2, 3]

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BLA Removes Commander Bashir Zeb | Balochistan Pakistan Army Controversy

https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/international/news/bla-commander-bash...

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has removed its commander-in-chief Bashir Zeb, transferring all his administrative, military and policy-making powers to the organisation's Senior Command Council. The decision was announced in a press release issued on November 3 and published by The Balochistan Post.

According to The Balochistan Post, the decision was taken at a meeting of the BLA's top committees on October 16, where commanders unanimously approved the leadership change. The organisation described it as a peaceful transition under its constitutional rules, adopted in 2018, which do not allow any commander to hold the top position for life.

The Senior Command Council will oversee the organisation's major decisions until a new commander-in-chief is appointed. The BLA claimed that Zeb's removal had not triggered any internal split or confrontation among its commanders.

However, the organisation has not disclosed the specific reasons behind his removal. His current whereabouts are also unknown, with no confirmation of reports suggesting that he was injured or receiving medical treatment.

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