New Delhi, Jan 31 (NationPress) As Pakistan gears up for its annual so-called Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5, its notorious intelligence agencies are utilizing terror proxies to issue threats against Kashmiri intellectuals who shed light on Islamabad’s state-sponsored terrorism.

In a recent development, the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), operating under the alias The Resistance Front (TRF), has directed a death threat towards renowned counter-terrorism analyst Junaid Qureshi, according to sources.

The threat was communicated via an end-to-end encrypted messaging service, branding TRF, to Qureshi, the Director of the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS).

Labeling him a “traitor,” the TRF explicitly stated in its message that it would show “no hesitation” in eliminating him.

This marks the second threat in six months against individuals who unveil Pakistan’s terrorist links globally, highlighting Islamabad’s involvement in a proxy conflict in Jammu and Kashmir. The gravity of this threat is emphasized by the historical patterns of violence against voices in Kashmir.

From 1989 to 2020, terrorist groups backed by Pakistan have murdered over 5,000 civilians, journalists, politicians, and intellectuals who opposed its terrorism or supported India.

The assassination of Shujaat Bukhari, editor of Rising Kashmir, in June 2018, after persistent threats from Hizbul Mujahideen, serves as a stark reminder. More recently, social activist Ghulam Rasool Magray was killed in Kupwara in April last year by suspected terrorists, further demonstrating this troubling pattern.

Qureshi, in a statement to the media, claimed that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) orchestrated the threat, executed through LeT and its commander, Sheikh Sajjad Gul.

He noted that the communication included sensitive information about a proposed Kashmiri intellectual think tank, details of which are not publicly available, suggesting a direct involvement of intelligence agencies.

Qureshi also pointed out how the message specifically targeted his efforts to dismantle Islamabad’s propaganda machinery on Kashmir and present documented instances on global platforms.

His background adds weight to his observations; he is the son of Hashim Quraishi, one of the hijackers involved in the January 1971 Air India aircraft incident.

The IC-405 plane, traveling from Srinagar to Jammu, was hijacked by Hashim and Ashraf Qureshi of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). They took the aircraft to Lahore, where then-Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, met the hijackers. They were ultimately persuaded to release the crew and passengers, who returned home via road through Amritsar.

Islamabad declined New Delhi’s request to fly them back on a replacement aircraft, and the hijackers later torched the parked plane. However, Junaid Qureshi has consistently disavowed his father’s ideology, denouncing the hijacking as an act of terrorism—an event that occurred even before his birth.

Meanwhile, through EFSAS, he continuously demonstrates that Pakistan’s portrayal of a “freedom struggle” in Kashmir is, in fact, a state-sponsored terror campaign managed by LeT, Hizbul Mujahideen, and Jaish-e-Mohammed under the supervision of ISI.

Sources confirm that the encrypted account used to issue the threat is operated from Rawalpindi under the direct control of LeT commander Sheikh Sajjad Gul. Established on August 24, 2025, under a pseudonym, this account has been routinely disseminating TRF propaganda, operational updates, and photographs, further establishing Islamabad’s involvement behind the threat. This incident underscores the contradictions in Pakistan’s narrative regarding Kashmir.

While Islamabad publicly celebrates Kashmir Solidarity Day annually, its intelligence agencies continue to deploy terror groups to intimidate, silence, and eliminate Kashmiri voices that challenge Islamabad’s narrative both regionally and internationally.