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The Wire Or Pakistani PR? Arfa Khanum Sherwani And Siddharth Varadarajan Undermine India After Operation Sindoor

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In the wake of India’s precision strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir under Operation Sindoor, most of India stood united. The country had just witnessed a brutal terrorist attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people, and the response was surgical, targeted, and—as the Ministry of Defence confirmed—directed exclusively at terror camps, not military or civilian locations.

Yet, The Wire, a platform that increasingly mirrors the editorial leanings of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), found a way to cast doubt on the entire operation—and unsurprisingly, it came through the predictable voices of Arfa Khanum Sherwani and Siddharth Varadarajan.

Arfa Khanum Sherwani’s Apology Tour For Pakistan

During a Wire broadcast, Arfa Khanum Sherwani somberly stated, “We do not want bloodshed, we also do not want terrorism to strike from there. We also do not want a war to happen between the two countries and have the innocent civilians killed. Pakistan says that many of its civilians were killed and of course there were not terrorists who died.”

Let that sink in. Instead of acknowledging the facts presented by India’s military or asking why terrorists were operating freely in Pakistan at all, Arfa chose to parrot Pakistani talking points, implying the operation killed only civilians—completely unverified and directly in sync with Islamabad’s disinformation campaign.

This wasn’t journalism. It was a broadcasted PR campaign for Pakistan, thinly veiled in moral relativism. She further declared that “no terrorists were killed,” as if The Wire had conducted its own reconnaissance mission over the JeM camps.

Siddharth Varadarajan: The Editor Who Empowers Propaganda

Siddharth Varadarajan, the editor of The Wire, offered no pushback, no fact-checking, and no context to challenge this dangerous narrative. In fact, his silence and facilitation of the show give him full editorial ownership over this moment of national disgrace. In what seemed like he was professing his love and loyalty to Pakistan, he said, “We must tell them don’t worry, we are there for you and we must be with them. Because when two countries which have a historical and cultural connection, a long one at that, a war must not happen between them. Our problems if we want to solve them, a war must be the last thing that should happen.”

This is the same Siddharth Varadarajan who, during the 2020 Delhi riots, shared misinformation that sparked communal outrage and later had to quietly delete tweets. His Wire newsroom has repeatedly found itself amplifying anti-India narratives, especially during border clashes, anti-CAA protests, and now, cross-border counter-terrorism operations.

The Real Agenda: Whitewashing Terror, Demonizing India

Let’s be clear—India did not strike Pakistani civilian areas. Even global outlets noted that the Indian response was calibrated and avoided military or civilian installations. In fact, India went out of its way to avoid escalation, targeting only those directly linked to the killing of innocent Indians.

But The Wire wasn’t interested in facts. It was invested in delegitimizing India’s right to defend itself, by sowing confusion, casting aspersions, and crying “civilian casualties” before any evidence emerged. Their agenda has become formulaic: Downplay terror attacks on Indians, question Indian military responses, accept Pakistani versions at face value, and frame India as the aggressor.

Arfa Khanum Sherwani and Siddharth Varadarajan don’t just push biased journalism—they actively undermine India’s diplomatic, military, and strategic efforts in global perception.

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