Rawalpindi: Pakistan has rejected an Indian claim regarding the killing of an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, with Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry presenting the man allegedly declared dead by India before the media.

According to the DG ISPR, the Indian Corps had posted on the night of September 29 claiming that a terrorist had been killed and that the body of a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant had been recovered.

India identified the alleged militant as Muhammad Asif alias Hashim Musa. Indian media subsequently claimed that Muhammad Asif Ali alias Musa had previously served as a Havaldar in the Special Services Group (SSG) of Pakistan.

The DG ISPR presented Muhammad Asif before the media and said he was alive and residing in Pakistan.

Muhammad Asif said he was a resident of Pindi Gheb and possessed a valid identity card. He said he was working privately for a security company in Rawalpindi.

He rejected the Indian allegations and said his friends had informed him by telephone that Indian media outlets were carrying reports about him.

DG ISPR said the incident exposed what Pakistan described as another Indian false-flag narrative. He alleged that India itself was involved in state-sponsored terrorism and referred to previous incidents, including Pahalgam and Pulwama.

The DG ISPR further alleged that India was among the major countries involved in spreading terrorism internationally.