JeM Founder & Pulwama Mastermind Masood Azhar Injured?

Rawalpindi, June 24, 2019:

Reports of Masood Azhar’s injury has gripped the social media platform after a tweet was posted on Twitter by a human rights activist.

There were reports that an explosion had taken place at a military hospital in Rawalpindi in Pakistan took place on Sunday, with netizens on Twitter claiming that 10 people were injured in the blast.

According to a human rights activist from Quetta, Ahsan Ullah MiaKhail posted a tweet with a video claiming Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) founder and UN-blacklisted terrorist Masood Azhar was also admitted at the hospital where the blast occurred. The video showed thick smoke billowing out of a building, believed to be the military hospital in Rawalpindi.

Miakhail claimed that the Pakistan Army had barred the media from reporting on the incident.

He tweeted: “Huge #blast at Military Hospital in #Rawalpindi, #Pakistan. 10 injured shifted to emergency. Jaish-E-Mohammad Chief Maulana Masood Azahar is admitted here. Completely Media blackout by Army. Media asked Strictly not to cover this story."

However, no official confirmation has been made so far, speculations on Twitter were rife on whether the Jaish-e-Mohammad chief had suffered injuries in the incident.

One of the Twitter users speculated that the blast could have been planned as Azhar had become a “liability” for the Pakistani Army and the country was facing increased pressure from FATF, terror funding watchdog, to take concrete steps to eliminate terror groups operating from its soil.

However, a few of the Twitter users also alleged that it was simply a case of a boiler explosion at the hospital and not related to any conspiracy.

The UN Security Council recently declared Masood Azhar as a "global terrorist" which was a big win for India. The development came after China removed its technical hold on the proposal moved by France, UK, and the US at UN to designate Azhar as a global terrorist.

China had frustrated India's bid to have the UN declare the JeM chief as "global terrorist" by blocking New Delhi's efforts for four times. However, after the Pulwama attack that carried out by a JeM operative, China decided to back India's petition against Azhar.