By Uzma Ehtasham
After suffering what can only be described as a historic defeat in the battle for truth—Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad—the Modi-led Indian regime has lost its way. But what followed has been more disturbing than disoriented governance. In its desperation to reassert control and rewrite a narrative slipping from its grasp, New Delhi has begun shedding the final threads of diplomatic credibility, revealing something more dangerous than denial—a state openly dabbling in terror sponsorship. There was a time when India’s involvement in destabilizing Balochistan operated under the veil of plausible deniability. Whispers of covert operations, discreet funding channels, and unnamed sympathizers formed the basis of Pakistan’s long-standing allegations.
But that time has passed. India has moved from the shadows to the spotlight, with a brazenness that reflects not just a moral collapse but a calculated geopolitical gamble. Delhi’s entanglement with banned militant groups, especially those aimed at disrupting peace in Pakistan’s Balochistan region, is no longer a secret. It is a strategy. The nature of this alliance has grown from indirect encouragement to outright sponsorship. Militant outfits, whose names appear on global terror watchlists, are not only finding sanctuary within Indian borders but are also receiving structured support. Arms, training, funds, logistics—the scaffolding of an insurgency is now being openly constructed with the blessings of the Indian state.
Even more chilling is the provision of official medical aid to wounded militants, revealing a formalized infrastructure of terror aid, masquerading as humanitarian concern. Meanwhile, Indian media—once a platform for democratic discourse—has transformed into a propaganda machine, blurring the lines between journalism and jingoism. On prime-time television, influential anchors make brazen proposals: give terror groups office space in Delhi, legitimize their cause, and elevate their operatives to the status of freedom fighters. Such statements would be unthinkable in any nation that truly believes in peace. Yet in India today, they draw applause.
The implications of these policies are far from rhetorical. In Balochistan, the impact is brutally real. Blood has been spilled, lives shattered, communities uprooted—all under the watchful eye of an Indian strategy that sees instability as leverage. Every attack, every ambush, every act of terror carries the fingerprints of this deliberate interference. These are not one-off events. They are the calculated consequences of an orchestrated campaign, one that is increasingly difficult for the world to ignore. Pakistan, for its part, has spent over two decades documenting this hostile campaign. Its warnings have not been idle claims. From the 2009 Sharm El Sheikh dossier to the evidence submitted at the UN in 2015, the case has been built brick by brick.
Then came the defining proof—the arrest in 2016 of Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, an active-duty Indian naval officer operating as a RAW agent. His confessions, backed by digital and material evidence, destroyed whatever ambiguity remained. The world could no longer pretend this was a matter of Pakistani paranoia. It was a matter of fact. And yet, despite the damning clarity of the evidence, much of the international community remains reluctant to call India out. Strategic alliances, economic interests, and regional power dynamics have created a fog of silence—a silence that emboldens rather than restrains. Global powers that pride themselves on promoting democracy and opposing terrorism elsewhere have tiptoed around India’s transgressions.
In doing so, they have helped legitimize a new kind of violence: one that wears the suit of diplomacy but carries the dagger of subversion. But state terrorism, by its nature, is never a local affair. When it spills across borders, fuels proxy wars, and sows discord across regions, it becomes a global threat. No state, no matter how large or economically powerful, should be allowed to weaponise terror and walk away unchallenged. And no international order that claims to value peace can afford to ignore the smoke simply because the fire is politically inconvenient. This is not about diplomatic rivalries or partisan politics. It is about a principle as old as civilization itself: that no nation has the right to use terror as a tool of statecraft.
Pakistan has laid bare the truth. It has dared to speak when silence was easier. Now, it falls upon the global community to decide what it will do with that truth. Will it act, or will it remain complicit through inaction? Time has run out for ambiguity. If the world remains silent, it will not just be complicit—it will be culpable. The choice is not between Pakistan and India. The choice is between truth and duplicity, between justice and hypocrisy. In this moment, neutrality is not virtue. It is betrayal. For every child in Balochistan who wakes to the sound of gunfire, for every family that has lost a loved one to a terror attack orchestrated across the border, and for every citizen who still believes in a future free from violence, the world must find its voice.
(The writer is a public health professional, journalist, and possesses expertise in health communication, having keen interest in national and international affairs, can be reached at uzma@metro-morning.com)
