On the 1st of October, a false and hollow report was provided by News18 which is an Indian English-language news television channel. According to this report, Indian Intelligence believes that Pakistan has appointed some Army personals as their joint staff department of the central military commission.

As per the report, appointed Pakistan army officials are responsible for the battle planning, instructing plus training and strategy of Chinese Armed forces and ministry of state security.

Another hilarious revelation was about 10 extra Pakistan Army officers, aside from defence attaches are also appointed in Beijing in Pakistan’s embassy for the acquisition-related projects.

They claim that Pakistan Army is training the Chinese army to make them more effective against the Indian Army and India is keeping a close watch on the developments.

Author: Amna Sheraz

Gallup and Gillani Pakistan surveyed according to which 4 in 5 Pakistanis say that they haven’t watched any Indian movie in the past 1 year.

“Please tell, have you seen any Indian movies in the last year?” A nationally representative sample of adult men and women from across the four provinces was asked this question, in its response 79% said No while 21% said Yes.

Not to forget that it has been more than one year that PTV has aired “Diriliş: Ertuğrul” in Pakistan. Which was a massive hit and more audience in Pakistan watched Ertugrul than Turkish audience.

Soon Lt General Faiz Hameed will complete his tenure as Director General Inter Services Intelligence (DG ISI). General Headquarters (GHQ) will now appoint a three star General for this post.

Lt General Faiz Hameed is the 24th Director General of Inter Services Intelligence. He was appointed DG ISI in 2019. Now that General Faiz Hameed is about to complete his term and GHQ will appoint another officer for the responsibility.

According to some defence analysts, a very unexpected name is circulating. The person who is expected to be the next DG ISI is former Director General Inter Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), Lt General Asif Ghafoor.

However, it is not confirmed by any means that General Asif Ghafoor will be appointed. But as per credible sources, General Asif Ghafoor who is well known for countering and exposing Indian disinfo and propaganda, will take charge of ISI after General Faiz Hameed. During the tenure of General Asif Ghafoor as DG ISPR, India claimed ISPR to be more lethal than ISI.

Prime Minister Imran Khan in an interview with TRT World’s Ali Mustafa stated that some Tehreek E Taliban Pakistan (TTP) groups are willing to negotiate with the government.

Saying that I don’t believe in a military solution, Imran Khan added we will give them a chance for peace and reconciliation if they surrender.

Soon after the clip of interview went viral, a group of TTP from North Waziristan announced a ceasefire. The leader of the TTP group, Hafiz Gul Bahadur, ordered his fighters to observe a ceasefire from 1st October to 20th October as peace talks with the government are in progress.

The premier, in an interview with TRT World’s Ali Mustafa in Islamabad, revealed that the Pakistan government is presently having talks with some groups of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for reconciliation. He said that he thinks some of the Pakistani Taliban groups want to talk to our government for “peace and reconciliation”.

Replying to the question he said that Afghanistan is playing a supportive role and the talks are being held in Afghanistan. He said that political dialogue is a way head, he emphasized that he never believed in a military solution, he repeated “I am anti-military solution”. When asked that if the Taliban lay down their arms then what would be Pakistan’s reaction, he said that we will forgive them and they will live as normal citizens.

The interviewer asked if the government is negotiating with TTP then why they are still targeting Pakistan’s security forces, he replied that it was just an outbreak of attacks, he added that might be possible we may not reach some conclusion, in the end, the fate of the negotiations is still to be decided.

Author: Amna Sheraz