Abdul Hamid Khan

Abdul Hamid Khan is the chairman of the Balawaristan National Front (Hameed group) (BNF-H), a sub-nationalist organisation. He founded the Balawaristan National Front Hameed Group (BNF-H), which sought autonomy for Gilgit-Baltistan and opposed the construction of hydroelectric dams there. He spent 20 years living in India and Belgium. His organisation, BNF-H, was banned by National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) on 26 February 2019.

Self-imposed exile In 1999, Abdul Hamid Khan went to Nepal and later shifted to India. According to Pakistani officials, Abdul Hamid was recruited by Research & Analysis Wing (RAW). In India he met Col Arjun and Joshi. During his stay in India, he lived at luxury apartment in New Delhi. Later on, Abdul Hamid family including three sons were shifted to India and were admitted to various schools and colleges at Dehradun, where huge investment was made by RAW for 11 years (1999 to 2007 and 2015 to 2018). Abdul Hamid was provided with all kinds of Indian ID documents and was facilitated to run business.

Pakistan security officials claim that Abdul Hameed Khan and Sher Nadir Shahi had links with the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the Indian intelligence agency. Furthermore, security officials disclosed that BNF-H had made long-term plans to sow chaos in Gilgit-Baltistan at the behest of RAW by brainwashing the people through secessionist and anti-state propaganda and also to conduct terrorist attacks against the state.