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‘Pakistan firm sought Pahalgam satellite images, how did you miss that?’ Kanimozhi rips into Modi govt

In a seething attack on Modi govt during Lok Sabha debate on Operation Sindoor & Pahalgam, the DMK MP raised ThePrint's newsbreak on the Pakistan link to 22 April massacre.

US Homeland Security knew in 2020 Pakistani firm illegally sold satellite images to Pak govt

Pahalgam satellite image orders spiked at Colorado-based Maxar Technologies just two months before the terrorist attack. Even after the 2020 complaint, BSI moved from being Maxar's customer to partner in 2023.

How Maxar partner fooled US manufactures into aiding Pakistan’s nuclear programme

In 2023, the same year Obaidullah Syed’s sentence concluded, BSI Pakistan was enlisted as a partner by Maxar Technologies. Subsequently, orders for high-resolution satellite images of Pahalgam began appearing on Maxar's portal.

Controversial Pakistani firm BSI removed as partner from US satellite company’s website

Hours after ThePrint revealed that Maxar had been receiving orders for high-resolution satellite images of Pahalgam, including 10 days before the attack, the company removed the Pakistani firm from its website.

Orders for Pahalgam satellite images from US firm peaked two months before attack

Maxar Technologies began receiving orders for high-resolution satellite images of Pahalgam in June 2024, just months after a Pakistani geospatial firm indicted by the US became a partner.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.