Webdesk: A recent tweet by a social media account based in India stated that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had changed their Headquarters from Bahawalpur to Jhang, Pakistan. But, Azad Fact Check, a fact-checking organisation, rejected the allegation as false and unfounded.
Per Azad Fact Check, the story entered the Indian media and social media on the night of May 6-7, 2025, following an Indian airstrike on a target in Bahawalpur. Indian sources alleged the site was the LeT headquarters.
Azaad Fact Check has identified misinformation spread by an India-based X handle claiming that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) shifted its headquarters from Bahawalpur to Jhang. International media visited the targeted site in Bahawalpur, attacked by India on the night of May 6-7, 2025,… https://t.co/BYwevKuYto pic.twitter.com/obtzz0v3BZ
— Azaad Fact Check (@azaadfactcheck) July 19, 2025
However, an on-ground investigation by Azad Fact Check revealed that the site hit by the airstrike was, in fact, a mosque where civilians were offering prayers. The fact-checking group found no evidence of militant activity or the presence of any banned group at the location.
The organisation also rejected claims about a supposed LeT facility in Jhang, clarifying that no madrassa exists on a 105-acre area there, as alleged.
The false narrative originated from an Indian X (formerly Twitter) account known for repeatedly spreading conspiracy theories, assumptions, and half-truths. This incident highlights a growing trend on Indian social media of spreading disinformation in a coordinated manner to influence international opinion.
In another instance, Azaad Fact Check has exposed what it describes as a false flag operation carried out by Indian forces in Pahalgam, Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to the fact-checking group, tourists had already started leaving the Baisaran Valley area before the military operation began.
🚨 Azaad Fact Check's analysis of a video timeline shows tourists evacuating Pahalgam prior to the Indian Army's response in Baisaran Valley. Despite a strong security presence in Pahalgam, the delayed response by Indian forces enabled the attackers to escape. The footage clearly… pic.twitter.com/o8hPCmEh4G
— Azaad Fact Check (@azaadfactcheck) July 19, 2025
Although there were a lot of security personnel in the area, a slow response by the Indian forces enabled the attackers to run away easily.
It was observed that the video footage indicated that tourists were allowed to leave without any security screening and also there was no supervision in the exit route and so the alleged attackers wandered off the scene easily.
These facts, the Azad Fact Check says, indicate a possibility that the attack had been organized as a state-sponsored plan. The group asserts that the attackers were deliberately allowed to escape under the approval of the Indian government.
Azad Fact Check argues that the event checks all the boxes of a false flag operation, an operation in which a government or a government-backed agency is involved in the attack, which is then pinned on other suspects.
The report implicates the Indian security forces in shielding the attackers and assisting them to flee, supposedly at government instruction.
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