According to Indian media, Pakistan has included the actor in the list of terrorists after the viral statement of Balochistan
A claim has been circulating in the Indian media in the past few days that Pakistan has included Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the list of terrorists.
The claim has been circulating in the Indian media in the past few days that Pakistan has included Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the list of terrorists.
This claim came to light when Salman Khan referred to Balochistan in a conversation during the ‘Joy Forum 2025’ held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Based on this statement, the Indian media said that Pakistan has included him in the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).
According to these reports, an alleged government notification was issued, which mentioned Salman Khan being included in the Fourth Schedule as a ‘supporter of an independent Balochistan’. This notification was allegedly claimed to have been issued by the Balochistan Home Department on October 16, 2025.
Yet, when Pakistani media outlets scrutinized the document, several discrepancies emerged.
First, the notification’s issue number (No. SO (Judl: II)/8 (1)/2025/ATA/5995-6018) was exactly the same as that on a formerly authenticated document of the Balochistan Home Department, which was shared on social media by a person named Shalay Baloch on October 21.
Further investigation also revealed that the notification was dated October 16, while Salman Khan attended the Joy Forum on October 17. Additionally, the document’s format, fonts, alignment, parentage field, and identity card number were all not in line with Pakistani official standards.
The document also had an error in the spelling of Balochistan, and most importantly, the signatures on it were exactly the same as on the original document shared by Shalay Baloch, making it clear that it was a file that had been forged through digital editing.
Pakistani intelligence sources and Balochistan Home Department officials termed the notification as fabricated and fake, and said that no such order was ever issued.
On the other hand, Salman Khan’s statement, which was the basis for the uproar, was actually just what he had said, “People from Balochistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan are working here, that’s why the films are instantly successful.”
That is, this was taken out of context and given a political color on its basis.
The claim of declaring Salman Khan a terrorist is completely false, and the Indian media spread misinformation based on a fake notification.
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