The US has been cosying up to Pakistan over the last few months. And this isn’t routine diplomacy.
At its heart is a crypto deal that is more like a financial arrangement b/w the Trump administration & Pakistan’s military slush fund, with a string of shady players involved.
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Enters Bilal bin Saqib
Meet Pakistan’s crypto poster boy, a British-Pakistani entrepreneur who's now CEO of Pakistan's newly formed Crypto Council (PCC) & Special Assistant to the PM on Blockchain. But here's the kicker- he's ALSO an advisor to World Liberty Financial (WLF), Trump family's crypto venture.
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WLF isn't just any other crypto company- Eric Trump, Donald Jr., and Jared Kushner hold a 40% stake. Trump is mentioned as the “co-founder emeritus”. The Pakistan-WLF deal was signed on April 26, 2025, when there were heightened tensions between India and Pakistan.
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On April 15, 2025, WLF appoints Bilal as advisor. The following month, Pakistan appoints him as PCC CEO. One man, two loyalties. He's literally sitting on both sides of this "business deal" while representing Pakistani interests in Washington.
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June 2025, Bilal met with DOZENS of US lawmakers, including Senator Cynthia Lummis (Bitcoin Act co-sponsor), Senator Bill Hagerty (Banking Committee), White House advisers, & NYC Mayor Eric Adams. He's selling Pakistan's "crypto vision" while advising Trump's crypto company
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However, this new Crypto diplomacy deal between WLF & the Pakistan government has opened avenues for money laundering and is even giving impetus to terror-funding. And the deal has found the most convenient incubator. Binance!
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Binance is a Crypto trading platform whose founder, Changpeng Zhao, aka CZ, is one of the focal points of this crypto deal.
Despite claims of leaving China, Binance has multiple evidence proving its China links. CZ’s partner Yi He is VP of Yixia Technology, partly owned by the CCP, followed by Binance’s multiple interests & investments in China.
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Before the crypto deal, Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison for allowing money laundering towards terrorism.
Crime: Money Laundering & enabling funds transfer to terror groups, including Hamas, Al Qaeda, & ISIS.
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In Nov 2023, DOJ, Treasury & CFTC hit Binance with a USD 4.3B penalty- the largest ever- after revelations it funneled funds to Hamas, al-Qaeda & ISIS, allowed USD 1.1M Iran transactions violating US sanctions, and failed basic AML protocols. And, CZ & Binance plead guilty.
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This was not a one-off instance when Binance was implicated in terror-funding & money laundering charges. The company has been subject to charges & investigations in several countries for terror-funding & money laundering, including in France, India, and Canada.
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And, CZ finds his fate as a “Strategic Advisor” to Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC).
Interestingly, CZ, after serving jail time of four months, comes out and starts working closely with WLF & also becomes “Strategic Advisor” to PCC. Now, Zhao & Bilal bin Saqib are two pivots of this crypto deal. Not to forget CZ’s extensive history of terror-funding & money laundering charges. Facts!
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All this while Bilal runs his web of shady companies that are all registered at the same address, with no active websites. No financial transparency; giving all characteristics of shell companies.
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His sister, Minahil, owns 75% of Tayaba UK, which partners with Al Mustafa Trust (AMT), a Pakistan hidden military slush fund disguised as charity. Run by retired Army, Navy & Air Force personnel, AMT operates as a Milbus- military capital that benefits Pakistan's officer class while staying completely off the official defense budget.
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Ever since the US & Pakistan signed the crypto deal in May 2025, relations between them have improved drastically, followed by multiple other agreements signed between them, and Asim Munir's visit to the US 2x in two months. Pakistan even nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The Larger Picture:
Trump’s crypto company. Pak’s army slush funds. A convicted crypto mogul with alleged CCP ties.
One sponsors terrorism. One convicted for AML failures after enabling terror financing.
One cozies up with both.
We leave it to you, what’s what.
Period.
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The US State Department @StateDept has published ‘India 2024 Human Rights Report’ - which also targets DisinfoLab with unsubstantiated allegations picked up from discredited Washington Post (WaPo), called out by their own President for fake news.
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First, some glaring fabrications & misrepresentations in report. It accuses India of undermining freedom of expression, arbitrary detentions & new narrative buzzword “transnational repression.” Its evidence? The same outlets dismissed by Trump administration as fake!
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The report highlighted a stay order on a Reuters’ story on an Indian company- Appin. But conveniently ignored that the Court in October 2024, lifted the ban, after the due process.
Days before a pending US-India trade deal, a letter allegedly from the US President Donald Trump to Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is circulating on social media.
The letter is a strategically designed propaganda stunt to damage US-India relations.
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Here's the smoking gun
The letter uses generic White House form language that has been recycled multiple times. Simple Google search reveals exact letter template addressed to multiple recipients. Whether genuine or manipulated, it's being weaponized.
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The misleading letter was promoted by dubious websites like deepstatepress. com, clearly showing pro-Khalistani propaganda to claim a manufactured support for Khalistani Referendum by the US and an attempt to target India-US relations.
Pakistan’s ISPR nexus, led by Pakistan Strategic Forum (PSF) ran a sophisticated information warfare Op against India over the Israel-Iran-US conflict.
Purpose: TO DEFLECT focus from their boss, COAS Asim Munir's US trip, while Israel & US launched missile strikes on Iran.
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Amid multiple reports that Pakistan betrayed Iran from the backdoors by aiding Israel & the US which was marked by COAS Asim Munir’s US visit 2 days after “Op. Rising Lion” (Jun 13) & his Pentagon & White House meetings before “Op. Midnight Hammer” (Jun 22) attacking Iran
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To deflect blame from Pakistan’s betrayal of Iran, PSF handles ran a coordinated disinformation campaign in a phased manner laced with fake news, fake narratives, Identity impersonation & cross amplification and amplification by ISPR influencers & Pakistani media.
Pakistan PM Shahbaz Sharif is meeting Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan TWICE in ONE month post the Pahalgam terror attack & after #OperationSindoor
This not only reveals the true nature of their alliance, but also EXPOSES their Transnational alliance against India!
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What we’re seeing today is a reflection of years of planning & collaboration. From 2018's coordinated social media campaigns to 2022's RToK in Sarajevo, every major anti-India narrative has been amplified simultaneously from Islamabad & Istanbul!
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The Erdoğan network isn't just diplomatic, it's operational. Through a web of NGOs spanning continents, the Erdoğan family has built an influence ecosystem that abets everything- from Hamas to Pakistan-sponsored anti-India campaigns including terror attacks.
The India-Pakistan conflict may have ended militarily. But during & after the fighting, a blitz of info warfare raged online. It's time to understand how this info war took over the internet, with certain countries siding with Pakistan to peddle their full-blown propaganda
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From fake news to doctored videos to deepfakes & recycled war porn, the India-Pakistan conflict exposed the scale of global propaganda—from China to Turkey to Bangladesh—as Pakistan & its allies launched a full-blown disinfo blitz against India in view of #OperationSindoor
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Post Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan started leveraging its access to Western media like its next-door neighbour to push its anti-India propaganda. Pak journalists at CNN, Reuters, Bloomberg, NYT, began publishing anti-India narratives with baseless claims & no evidence.
Pro-MAGA accounts on X recently falsely accused Indians of running a merchandise buying scam on Meta & duping Americans.
But this claim lacks teeth & basis. Our investigation reveals it is far from the truth. This scam empire is actually run not by Indians but Bangladeshis!
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Recently, an X user falsely accused Indians of running a vast network of state pride-themed Meta (Facebook) groups, using recycled content to boost engagement for Meta’s creator fund, while exploiting Americans emotionally & selling them low-quality/ undelivered products.
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However, the user lacked plausibility & evidence in blaming Indians. We checked that this scam was indeed happening on @Meta at a much larger level than one could fathom!
Meta, once a revolutionary platform, has now become the hotbed of these large-scale scams.