Fifth-generation warfare? Pakistan tried inciting communal discord using Arshdeep Singh, claims expert

Anshul Saxena, a political analyst and fact-checker, said that Arshdeep Singh, a member of the Indian T20 cricket team playing in the Asia cup, was the latest victim of Pakistan's fifth- generation warfare machinery that uses social media as a tool to indoc

Sharing a series of tweets to highlight how Pakistan has been employing this tool to malign cricketer Arshdeep Singh and create trouble on Indian soil, Saxena said: “This is an organized strike on #ArshdeepSingh, #Pakistani operatives tried the same with Mohammed Shami last year.”

A) Term: Khalistani.

B) Interest over time: Check from 4th September at 11:54 PM.

C) Interest by region:1. Pakistan2. India3. UAE4. Qatar

5. Canada pic.twitter.com/6PZIPzY7Rx

— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) September 5, 2022

Wajahat S Khan was the first to use the word "khalistani" in association with Arshdeep Singh. The latter dropped a crucial catch at the India-Pakistan match. The match ended in India's favor.

The next to add to the narrative was a handle with a lot of followers on social media.

Another account that went by the nameShaheerSialvi claimed to be the chairman of Pakistan's PNP. The man is named Jay Khalsa.

Soon, there was enough material online to support the "Pakistan manufactured narrative" labeling the Indian cricketer a "khalistani" and it triggered the desired pak manufactured narrative of Indian nationalists terming Arshdeep as "khalistani" for the dropped catch

If that was not enough, Arshdeep Singh’s Wikipedia page was also edited and the word Khalistani was added to it by a Pakistan-based Wiki editor. Taking strong note of the controversy, the Ministry of Information Technology has summoned Wikipedia executives in India to explain the origins of the alteration of the Wikipedia account of Arshdeep Singh.