Why Maxar Technologies, US firm, is under scanner for Pahalgam satellite images controversy

Maxar Technologies in February 2025 saw at least a dozen orders for high-resolution satellite images of Pahalgam and its surrounding areas. Orders for the pictures came months after Pakistani firm Business System International Pvt Ltd (BSI), whose Pakistani-American businessman owner was convicted of a federal crime in the US and who has links to top officials and agencies that are involved with Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme, became a partner of Maxar

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