India's RAW behind Lahore Attack

Pakistan's largest daily newspaper, Jang in its English Edition “The News” today has printed a government document dating back to January 2009 whereby, Pakistan's intelligence agency, Crime Investigation Department (CID), warned that India's RAW (their premier intelligence agency) will target the Sri Lankan cricket team during its visit to Pakistan.

The report states as follows:

"It has reliably been learnt that RAW (Indian intelligence agency) has assigned its agents the task to target Sri Lankan cricket team during its current visit to Lahore, especially while travelling between the hotel and stadium or at hotel during their stay.

2. It is evident that RAW intends to show Pakistan a security risk state for sports events, particularly when the European and the Indian teams have already postponed their proposed visits considering it a high security risk to visit Pakistan.

3. RAW has also collected photographs of leaders of Jamaatud Daawa (proscribed) and its establishments to target them.

4. Extreme vigilance and heightened security arrangements indicated."

This is not the first time RAW's hand in Pakistan has been revealed. Quite recently, they were blamed for unrest in Karachi that followed right after the Mumbai Crisis of November 2008. Their agents have been caught too from the border area.

RAW's involvement in Pakistani affairs dates back to the day of the creation of Pakistan. Last year, one prisoner that government of Pakistan freed in early 2008 on humanitarian grounds, having served over 35 years in Pakistani prisons, went back to India only to openly boasted to the media that he was a paid RAW agent sent on a mission to Pakistan in early 1970s. That incident effectively ended prisoners exchange between the two nations and also proved without doubt that India does involve itself in Pakistan's internal affairs.

If this intelligence report is taken to be true, then there will be a significant escalation of hostilities between India and Pakistan. This also means that India can no longer cry foul when it is now proven that it is “officially” causing mayhem across the border.