ISLAMABAD: Kashmiri leader Mushaal Mullick has urged the Pakistani government to immediately lift the ban on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), stressing the critical need to counter India’s growing propaganda campaign in the digital space.
“India is running an aggressive campaign against Pakistan on social media,” she stated, speaking to reporters in Islamabad. “We are currently in the midst of an information war, with the entire Indian state machinery focused on discrediting the Kashmiri freedom movement.”
Warning of rising tensions in the region, Mullick cautioned, “We are dangerously close to the brink of conflict. At a time like this, the Pakistani nation must stand in solidarity with the people of Kashmir.”
She called on the public to actively participate in online discourse, especially on platforms like X, to help amplify Pakistan’s narrative globally. “The nation must rise to the occasion and use social media to effectively communicate Pakistan’s stance to the world,” she emphasized.
Her remarks come amid heightened tensions between Pakistan and India, following Indian media allegations implicating Islamabad in the recent attack in Pahalgam, located in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed 26 lives.
In response to India’s unilateral decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan has issued a firm rejection and convened a high-level National Security Committee (NSC) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The NSC, in a strongly worded statement, reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to defending its water rights. “Water is a vital national interest of Pakistan, a lifeline for its 240 million people, and its availability will be safeguarded at all costs,” the statement read.
It further warned, “Any attempt to stop or divert the flow of water belonging to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty, and the usurpation of the rights of a lower riparian state, will be considered an act of war and met with full force across the complete spectrum of national power.”
As the diplomatic standoff deepens, leaders like Mushaal Mullick are calling for digital mobilization to shape public perception and resist India’s narrative warfare in the international arena.
