India, July 30 -- A video featuring Rana Sanaullah, adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on political affairs, has gone viral after he appeared to acknowledge that "mujahideens" once trained to "bleed" India have now become a security threat for Pakistan.

Sanaullah made the remarks while discussing unrest in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), where political tensions and street protests have intensified around the region's Legislative Assembly elections.

The comments have attracted particular attention because they appear to offer an unusually direct account of the consequences of Pakistan's past policy of supporting militant groups.

The video is circulating at a particularly sensitive time, with violence reported...