LAHORE:
Pakistani intelligence agencies have busted an Indian spying ring in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) which was being run by operatives across the Line of Control (LoC).
Sources told The Express Tribune that members of the ring – which included an ex-soldier and two civilians – were providing military-related sensitive information of Pakistani defences. Their data covered locations of border check-posts, number of posts, number of secret bunkers with locations, deployment and type of weapons installed at these locations to their Indian handlers named Saddique, Sharma and Ismail.
Before being apprehended, the network was responsible for espionage operations in Pakistan particularly in the Neelam Valley, AJK and other adjoining border areas. These areas were being kept under surveillance by Pakistani intelligence agencies for a considerable time to collect sufficient incriminating evidence against the spying network.
During the course of the initial interrogation, the culprits confessed to spying for the Indian intelligence agency operatives and passing on sensitive information regarding Pakistan’s Army defences including the kind of weapons and areas they were deployed in, sources revealed.
Sources said that the spies were also providing bogus information regarding Mujahideen camps and their activities to their Indian handlers in order to swindle huge amounts of cash, liquor and contraband materials.
The spies, namely Abdul Qayyum Awan, Syed Tasawar Hussain and sepoy Syed Sabir Hussain, are currently being tried in a military court for indulging in anti-state activities and for working for Indian intelligence agencies, sources claimed.
Earlier, a resident recruited by the Indian intelligence operating from the border areas of Sialkot had been busted by the Pakistani intelligence agencies as well.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 28th, 2012.
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@Ansari: When was jammu kashmir a part of pakistan? Get your history and geography correct. State has 3 provinces-jammu, kashmir and ladakh. In 1947, the king of state signed annexation of state with india when terrorists from pakistan armed with help of pak army attacked the state and tried to capture it, killing many innocents. Indian army, combined with kings army drove them back but due to UN intervention,they stopped midway and the captured part still remains with pak which they call azad kashmir. It is not really azad. No neutral media is allowed in that region. The govt. is a dummy with no independent authority and is run from islamabad. No one from jammu and ladakh wants to join pak. Only a few factions from kashmir such as jklf and hurriyat want to do so which is about 1 percent. These people get money from pakistan to provoke people. And they get money from indians to keep quiet. Few were indian govt servants still getting pension. When they fall sick, they are sent to america or europe and indian govt bears the expense. They ask kids here to boycott schools while their own kids study in europe or america. There is a lot more to tel. But some other time. This is the reality of our state
To all those asking for skinning or hanging these spies, they were spying for RAW but these people caught are from our own army and AJ&K, they are traitors!!! My question is how did RAW managed to penetrate our rank and files? ISI needs to focus on it and unearth a bigger conspiracy.This is troubling.
This is all just for public consumption & galleries. I have not seen this news item in any other newspapers. The army wants some face saving from what is happening in Baloochistan
Indian always using these tatics in often cases like this & Pakistani easily trapped by indian intelligence agencies operatives.
Hang them - sorry if i'm being violent but take a loOk at what india does to their own people who pretends to be Pakistani spies!!
@vasan: I'm from AZAD Kashmir, kindly digest it. The part occupied happens to be on the wrong side of the border - in the world's largest demoncracy, India.
@Abdul Jabbar PTI:
When does ISI/Army disclose its budget/income? What about 1.1billion from US CSF and NLC contract from US, and banks and air line and farms and DHAs and Bahria Towns?
@Ninja:
Brigadier Ali was also accused of trying to blow up GHQ using air force jets, a very serious charge which was quietly dropped. What can I say about our establishment? It does things in its own way.
@vasan: Ye they are doing a great job at getting busted..
The only time I like the Pakistani Intelligence is when they give Indian Intelligence a tough time. Good work ISI.
@Zeta: India will be a friend and 'one day' will come inshallah. If that is 'delusional' so be it
@vasan: RAW reportedly has a budget of 150 million USD while the ISI has about 45 million USD
but but indians don't spy this is a lie by Pakistan :(. Jokes aside, kudos to ISI and @Umer what a moronic comment.
"...members of the ring – which included an ex-soldier and two civilians – were providing military-related sensitive information of Pakistani defences...."
"The spies, namely Abdul Qayyum Awan, Syed Tasawar Hussain and sepoy Syed Sabir Hussain, are currently being tried in a military court for indulging in anti-state activities and for working for Indian intelligence agencies, sources claimed."
Are these ex-pakistani or indian soldiers? Looks like they were our own soldiers betraying us!! This is not good. However, good job by the intelligence agency. However, question does rise that for such a competent agency, how come they couldnt find OBL living for years in a military town of abbottabad? If it wasnt incompetence than what was it? Complicity?
Keep them. telling about posts and type of guns is barely a spy work.
lol @ bogus information being provided by those spies. if thats true then why worry.
India is right, did not send any spies. Looks like all the spies were Pakistani ! Its a legitimite purpose of every government to collect intelligence information on the adversary so that you can defend yourself better. Its the intent behind the spying that matters, not the spying itself.
Good Job ISI. Bust them all. India can never be a friend. Those who think otherwise are simply delusional.
can you please check if these spies are dual nationals?
So what, these will be released by govt. of Pakistan as confidence building measures with India.
@Chidambaram: Go take a geography lesson (and I don't mean from an Indian school textbook). By the way, Jammu Kashmir is an integral part of Pakistan.
And then India complains about freedom fighters in Jammu and Kashmir.
@Awans: I think he was being sarcastic. Read his comment again.
@Awans: They are paid low level work from home guys paid $2/day for trolling on Pakistani websites and write totally absurd comments, spew out hatred etc etc
@P. Chidammbaram: Obviously you need a history lesson
Haha, Indians in denial!
@Lala Gee: Lala Gee in your previous posts I remember you were a Great Fan of PPP but today it turns out that LalaGee is Indian As well. It seems Indians love PPP more than Pakistanis on every forum.
@Umer: Not everything can be seen through Satellites and that is why Being Stealth is a huge Subject in Armed Forces that how to operate and deploy without being noticed. Kindly enlighten your Ignorance and then comment. Mr Umer ( So called Liberal ) or another Imposer from neighboring nation.
We don't use spies . Why should we use spies in our own land ....so called 'Azad Kashmir ' and G-B is our own land . We don't need spies for this work...
@Umer: Its Indians not Americans @ Satellites
Why should I be surprised? India has been playing the terror and espionage game for far too long. Pakistan should launch covert air strikes on Indian occupied Kashmir and bomb all such spy camps.
@vasan Indeed getting busted was a job welldone..! BTW I was thinking If any Indian News daily would allow Pakistanis to type IOK while commenting.. Or it is just our ET..!
Ha ha. It's funny how only the information regarding "Mujahideen camps and their activities" was bogus, and the other information was bang-on accurate.
last time i heard, they don't involve their selves in such activities, they have other important things to do.
It is all propaganda of ISI to malign the biggest democracy of the world. India never do spying or send spies to any other country. Remember what the Home Minister of India said recently in response to a question weather the Surjeet Sing was an Indian spy:
“We deny it (because) we do not do this kind of thing,”
“Neither do we do spying, nor we send spies,” the home secretary added.
@Umer: And you get the award for the first indian to post, congratulations, yeh water cooler app ka hoa!
Bust them All. Good Job!
GREAT WORK!!!!
And than they say it is azad kasmir when it is operated by pakistan what a pitty.................
Bad news for India.
Very doubtful. This sort of information is easily available through satellite reconnaissance.