Addressing a joint press conference in Islamabad, Tarar said that following the failure of India’s “Operation Sindoor,” the New Delhi government launched a disinformation campaign against Pakistan.

As part of those efforts, Indian intelligence operatives detained Ijaz Mallah, assigned him specific tasks, and later sent him back to Pakistan.

Tarar said that Pakistani security agencies became alert when they received reports that Mallah was trying to purchase uniforms of the Pakistan Army, Navy, and Rangers.

Surveillance was intensified, and he was subsequently arrested. During interrogation, Mallah confessed to all the charges, the minister added.

During the press conference, the information minister also played a video of Mallah’s confessional statement, in which he recounted that he was captured by the Indian Coast Guard while fishing at sea.

He said Indian intelligence officials offered him money to bring back Pakistani Army, Navy, and Rangers uniforms, SIM cards, Pakistani cigarettes, and currency notes — materials allegedly required by India for its “information operations”.

Mallah said he sent some photographs to Indian intelligence officers, but was arrested by Pakistani security agencies when he ventured out to sea again.

Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry said this was “India’s new propaganda operation, which has now been fully exposed”.

He praised Pakistan’s media and security institutions, saying they had “ensured the triumph of truth in this information war.”

Talal Chaudhry added that Mallah had been apprehended by the Indian Coast Guard in September, and that evidence confirmed he was paid Rs95,000 for his involvement.

He further stated that Indian intelligence agencies were waging a continuous psychological and informational war against Pakistan, but that the country’s institutions remained vigilant and would continue to thwart such attempts.

Tarar said that India could not digest Pakistan’s “victory in Marka-e-Haq“, and was now trying to use vulnerable groups like fishermen to spread false propaganda.

“But Pakistan’s institutions will continue to foil the enemy’s designs at every level,” he asserted.