Pakistan Planning To Deploy LeT, JeM Operatives To Hijack Peaceful Protests In PoK | Exclusive

Published 15 July 2026 · india

Pakistan Planning To Deploy LeT, JeM Operatives To Hijack Peaceful Protests In PoK | Exclusive Reported By, Last Updated: July 15, 2026, 09:59 IST LeT

Pakistan Planning To Deploy LeT, JeM Operatives To Hijack Peaceful Protests In PoK | Exclusive Reported By, Last Updated: July 15, 2026, 09:59 IST LeT and JeM operatives could be planted inside JAAC rallies to trigger violence and give the Pakistan Army grounds for a wider crackdown, sources told CNN-News18. The PoK protest movement has witnessed large sit-ins, shutter-down strikes, and demonstrations across several towns. (Image: X/@JAAC__Official/File) Indian intelligence agencies have received credible inputs suggesting that Pakistan’s military establishment and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) are preparing to use proxy terror groups to crush the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) movement in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). According to intelligence inputs from Rawalpindi and terror training centres in the region, the Pakistan Army could misuse operatives linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) to infiltrate the ongoing civilian protests in PoK. Sources said the plan is to covertly place members of the two terror groups inside peaceful JAAC rallies and use them to instigate violence, damage public property or clash with law enforcement personnel. The resulting unrest could then be cited by the Pakistan Army as evidence that the civilian rights movement is an “anti-state terror plot", providing it with grounds to launch an anti-terror crackdown against protesters, the sources said. Plan To Infiltrate Peaceful Protests The JAAC movement has mobilised people in PoK over issues including administrative accountability and economic survival. Intelligence inputs suggest that the Pakistan Army now wants to undermine the movement by changing the nature of the protests and linking them to violence.

By infiltrating peaceful rallies with LeT and JeM operatives, the establishment could manufacture chaos and use it to discredit the protesters, sources said. The Pakistan Army could then claim that the movement is no longer a civilian agitation but a security threat requiring military and paramilitary intervention. JeM and other terror groups continue to maintain infrastructure and enjoy operational freedom in areas including Rawalakot and Muzaffarabad, according to the intelligence inputs. The military establishment could quietly authorise or orchestrate pro-state and religious solidarity rallies led by hardline elements linked to these networks. The presence of radicalised and armed proxies on the streets would also serve as a direct physical threat to local civil society and protesters supporting the JAAC movement, sources said. Bid To Replace Civilian Narrative With Jihadi Rhetoric The JAAC’s strength lies in its mobilisation around local governance, administrative accountability and economic hardship. According to sources, the Pakistan Army is planning to give LeT and JeM networks a free run in PoK’s information space to drown out those issues with pan-Islamist and anti-India jihadi rhetoric. The strategy is aimed at shifting public attention away from the movement’s demands and recasting the unrest as part of a wider security confrontation. By allowing hardline groups to dominate public rallies and messaging, the establishment could attempt to strip the JAAC agitation of its civilian character and portray it as either a militant movement or a threat to Pakistan’s interests. Proxy Groups Could Be Used Against JAAC Leaders Sources said the Pakistan Army is also considering using the deniable networks of LeT and JeM to threaten, target or eliminate prominent JAAC organisers.