Overview
- Information Minister Attaullah Tarar and Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry announced the arrest of Ijaz (Ejaz) Mallah of Thatta after surveillance by Pakistani agencies.
- Officials say the Indian Coast Guard detained him in August or September in international waters and pressured him to work for Indian intelligence.
- The alleged assignments included procuring Pakistan Army, Navy and Sindh Rangers uniforms, securing local SIM cards and phone bills, and collecting Pakistani currency and cigarette packets.
- Authorities say they tracked his purchases and apprehended him as he tried to head back toward India, recovering the items and citing payments of roughly Rs95,000 and contacts identified as Ashok Kumar.
- Ministers cast the case as part of an Indian propaganda effort linked to naval drills near Gujarat–Kutch, with investigations ongoing and no Indian government response independently reported.