Pak minister admits to Imran Khan govt’s role in Pulwama terrorist attack

Islamabad, October 29

In a sensational admission, a senior Pakistani minister on Thursday admitted that Pakistan was liable for the lethal Pulwama terrorist assault in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 that introduced the 2 international locations to the brink of a struggle.

“Humne Hindustan ko ghus ke maara (We hit India in their home). Our success in Pulwama, is a success of this nation under the leadership of Imran Khan. You and us are all part of that success,” Science & Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry stated within the National Assembly throughout a debate.

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Chaudhry, a detailed aide of Prime Minister Imran Khan, made the remarks a day after Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Ayaz Sadiq stated Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in an vital assembly pleaded to launch Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured by the Pakistani Army on February 27, 2019 after his MiG-21 Bison jet was shot down in a dogfight with Pakistani jets.

In the early hours of February 26, 2019, the IAF jets bombed the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror camps in Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan and avenged the Pulwama terrorist assault that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel.

“Legs were shaking and forehead perspiring, and the foreign minister (Qureshi) told us, ‘For God’s sake, let him (Varthaman) go back now because India is attacking Pakistan at 9 PM in the night’”, Sadiq stated, recalling the high-level assembly which was additionally attended by Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, and added that “India was not planning to attack…They just wanted to kneel before India and send back Abhinandan.”

Chaudhry, who was the knowledge and broadcasting minister on the time of the Pulwama assault, criticised Sadiq’s remarks and termed them as “inappropriate”. — PTI