{"id":2009,"date":"2026-10-01T18:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2026-10-01T18:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:03:45","slug":"dg-ispr-debunks-indian-media-claim-of-ex-pakistan-army-officials-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2009","title":{"rendered":"DG ISPR debunks Indian media claim of ex-Pakistan Army official\u2019s killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--  media--embed  \" data-original-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mVETNippGeM\">\n<div class=\"media__item  media__item--youtube  \"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mVETNippGeM?enablejsapi=1&amp;controls=1&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0\" loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Addressing a press conference, the DG ISPR apprised journalists of reports circulated by several Indian media platforms claiming that Mohammad Asif, allegedly wanted in connection with the April 22 Pahalgam attack, had been killed during an \u201cencounter\u201d in Korag, IIOJK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reports claimed that Asif, also known as Hashim Moosa, was affiliated with the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and had previously served in the Pakistan Army.<\/p>\n<p>Indian news agency ANI, citing unnamed sources, reported that Asif was born on March 7, 1980, joined the Pakistan Army in 2000 under service number PA-3106947 and retired as a havildar.<\/p>\n<p>Several Indian media outlets also published photographs purportedly showing the former Pakistan Army official.<\/p>\n<p>After presenting the reports to the media, Lt Gen Sharif invited Asif himself to the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Asif told journalists that his friends and relatives began calling him after the reports of his alleged death circulated, demonstrating that he was alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a resident of Pindi Ghep, Attock district. I came to know about my martyrdom at the hands of Indians through social media,\u201d he said, adding that Indian media carried out false propaganda against him. He condemned the allegations claiming he was involved in terrorist incidents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a developing story\u2026 More to follow\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addressing a press conference, the DG ISPR apprised journalists of reports circulated by several Indian media platforms claiming that Mohammad Asif, allegedly wanted in connection with the April 22 Pahalgam attack, had been killed during an \u201cencounter\u201d in Korag, IIOJK. The reports claimed that Asif, also known as Hashim Moosa, was affiliated with the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and had previously served in the Pakistan Army. Indian news agency ANI, citing unnamed sources, reported that Asif was born on March 7, 1980, joined the Pakistan Army in 2000 under service number&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}