In an era where hybrid warfare is fought as fiercely on smartphone screens as it is on physical borders, a disturbing security loophole has been exposed in the heart of Bharat’s capital. A self-described “borderless” digital news platform named Human Online (@HumanOnlineNews), whose back-end infrastructure, staff profiles, and core editorial desks are heavily anchored in Pakistan and the Gulf, has been actively deploying ground reporters to cover sensitive political protests in New Delhi.
Open-source intelligence threads and OSINT investigations (such as those documented by nationalist handles like https://twitter.com/hindus47?s=20) have peeled back the layers of this operation. While the platform tries to hide behind the label of an innocent “global news platform,” its own website architecture, staff backgrounds, and social pages expose how its India coverage is actually organized across borders.
Staff Profiles vs. Global Pretenses
Operated under the nebulous banner of a “borderless digital platform,” Human Online (humanonline.org) explicitly admits in its legal disclosures that it is not formally registered as a media entity or news outlet in any country. This deliberate regulatory vacuum allows the outfit to evade accountability while pumping out political content targeting Indian audiences.
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Publisher & Founder: Mohammed Jahangir worked for OIC IN JEDDAH and claims deep roots in Gulf diaspora networks.
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Operational Backing: Day-to-day management is tied to ePage Global—a Saudi Arabia-based marketing, PR, and event management agency led by CEO Iman Khan, which maintains technical offices in Hyderabad, India, alongside heavy staffing in Peshawar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Editorial Leadership: Staff profiles and bylines reveal that key editorial desks and content management are heavily anchored by individuals based in Pakistan, including Shiraz Khan, listed as Global Editor operating out of Peshawar.
To dismiss this as a harmless “global diaspora project” requires staggering naivety. When an unregistered entity with deep Pakistani editorial roots sets up shop to cover internal Indian political turmoil, red flags should instantly ring across national security agencies.
Peshawar Desks Paired with Indian Stringers
What makes Human Online’s footprint in New Delhi particularly alarming is its hybrid deployment model. While its back-end infrastructure, SEO, and editorial direction are managed across Peshawar, Karachi, and Saudi Arabia, the platform dispatches young Indian stringers and reporters onto the streets of Delhi.
During recent opposition and electoral protests at Jantar Mantar, reporters like Garima Singh delivered English-language ground reports directly from flashpoint sites. Even more jarring is the presence of personnel like Kartik Rathi, a Maharashtra-based individual listed as a journalist for the platform, whose past professional experience includes a stint as a stenographer in Mumbai’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Anti-Corruption Branch.
How Proxy Information Warfare Works
Apologists for such platforms often hide behind a convenient shield: “Show us the direct bank transfer from Islamabad!”
This argument is intellectually bankrupt. In modern grey-zone operations, hostile states or non-state actors rarely wire money directly with transparent paper trails. Control is exercised through proxy corporate structures, offshore PR agencies in the Gulf, cross-border ideological staffing, and selective narrative timing designed to amplify domestic polarization and undermine constitutional institutions like the Election Commission.
The fact that an unregistered outfit with explicit Pakistani operational management can walk into high-profile Indian political summits, interview key figures, and film sensitive protests without local media accountability is an administrative blind spot that demands immediate correction.
Time for State Audits:
National security is not merely about physical borders; it encompasses the sanctity of the national information ecosystem. When foreign-backed, unregistered digital platforms attempt to masquerade as objective diaspora news while operating out of Peshawar and Riyadh, they pose a clear and present danger to domestic stability.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Delhi Police, and investigative agencies like the NIA must initiate a comprehensive audit of Human Online, ePage Global, and all associated personnel operating within Indian territory.
Bharat cannot afford to roll out the red carpet for Trojan horses disguised as “independent digital media.”