Appeal to authority can work both ways. Why can I not find him being cited for his military expertise by any large newspaper? His X feed is almost exclusively about Pakistan. Nothing wrong with having a speciality, but specialists usually have standing outside of the country they cover and are the "go to guys" for other journals and media.
And I never claimed the Pakistani government gives him money, I said they give him insider access available to very few people. This is actually a something the Pakistani government
did with travel vloggers too. This insider access basically gives them a leg up in the free market of journalism, and there is a tacit understanding that if they wish to keep this access, they must put a certain spin on stories.
He also
reported on the Su-30 kill in 2019 without a hint of skepticism, then too, he was directly quoting PAF officials.
The level of internet access in India due to cheap internet data, and the level of mobile camera access because of cheap Chinese smartphones is pretty high. It's pretty much impossible for a plane to have come down somewhere and for it not to have been documented by some villagers who then post on social media, as was the case of the Rafale in Punjab, and the other 3 jets.