Pakistan Army Imran Khan Balochistan genocide Photo Credit: IANS Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Srinagar: Senior Jammu and Kashmir police officer Imtiyaz Hussain has slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for alleging that a genocide is being carried out in the state, even as an old video of the PTI leader surfaced in which he can be heard slamming his own country's army for killing innocents in the Balochistan of Pakistan.

Responding to a tweet on Imran's old video wherein he talks about Pakistan Army excesses in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and Balochistan, Imtiyaz said the Pakistan PM needs to be educated that there has been no use of the Air Force or artillery in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 early last month.

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Here's what the J&K Police officer tweeted:

In the old video that has now gone viral on social media, Imran Khan alleges that the Pakistan Army is committing genocide in the country's Balochistan province. Addressing a gathering, Imran alleges the Army was killing its own people, including women and children.

"Our army bombing people in Balochistan... how can we bomb our own people? Is there any army you are bombing? It is our own people with their children, but it is important to understand are we just bombing our people. Just think about the immorality of bombing villages with the women and children," Khan can be heard saying in the video, as per IANS.

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"You are talking about six million people in the tribal areas that are being bombed, their economy has been destroyed, they are living in refugee camps, how are they surviving, and what about the extra-judicial killing that is going on," he added.

The video is from the time when Imran was not the prime minister of Pakistan.

Imran also refers to the massacre carried out by the Pakistan Army in 1971 in East Pakistan, which was in the same year liberated by India to become today's Bangladesh.

"I was a firm supporter of the army back then and stood by our brave soldiers. But only after three years, we got to know that the Army butchered civilians, including women and children. We're doing exactly the same thing in Balochistan," he said.

The video has surfaced at a time when Imran and his government has accused India of committing genocide in Kashmir, after revoking the region's special status on August 5. An entire army of Pakistani social media users, including ministers and high-ranking officials, have posted fake videos to show human rights violations in Kashmir.

However, Pakistan's fake news propaganda has been easily called out by Indian security forces and Imtiyaz has been at the forefront from the J&K Police to debunk Islamabad's claims.