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Pakistan violated Article 13 of the Geneva convention when it released footage of Indian pilot to humiliate him: Experts

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Pakistan violated Article 13 of the Geneva convention when it released footage of Indian pilot to humiliate him: Experts

The Pakistan Army has violated the norms under the Geneva Convention after it released the videos of Indian fighter pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who is reportedly in Pakistan’s custody.

According to Washington Post, some experts believe that Pakistan may have deviated from the norms of the Geneva Conventions and violated regulations written to protect prisoners from “insults and public curiosity,” as spelt out in Article 13.

Article 13 of the Geneva Convention says that “Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present Convention. In particular, no prisoner of war may be subjected to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are not justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the prisoner concerned and carried out in his interest. Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity.”

“Releasing the video would be prohibited by that provision,” Rachel E. VanLandingham, a military justice expert at Southwestern Law School, reportedly has told The Washington Post on Wednesday. As reported by Post, VanLandingham has said it was a clear recognition they shouldn’t have released it as Pakistan and India are both signatories of the Geneva Conventions.

“Here, there was no military necessity to release the video, and presumably it was released with the intent to humiliate the captive and, thus, the state of India, and, thus, Pakistan is in violation of Article 13,” she said. The article is applicable since the international conflict has occurred despite the lack of a formal declaration, VanLandingham added.

In a deliberate act, the Pakistani Army had released a video of a blindfolded and injured Indian Air Force pilot. The Air Force pilot had shown exemplary courage when he was being interrogated and only gave his name, service number and identified himself as a Hindu. When more information was sought, Commander Varthaman replied coolly, “I’m sorry sir…that’s all I’m supposed to tell you.”

The videos circulated online showed the pilot pulled from the wreckage and was beaten by the mob before the Pakistan Army dispersed the mob. In another video, the brave Indian soldier was shown sipping his tea while refusing to answer questions about his aircraft and mission.

On Wednesday, India Government has rightly pointed out that Pakistan breached norms of International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Convention by its ‘vulgar display of injured personnel’.

In its demarche, India noted, “India also strongly objected to Pakistan’s vulgar display of injured personnel of the Indian Air Force in violation of all norms of International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Convention. It was made clear that Pakistan would be well advised to ensure that no harm comes to the Indian defence personnel in its custody. India also expects his immediate and safe return.”

Pakistani jets had violated Indian airspace on Wednesday morning and entered the border areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. They had reportedly dropped bombs but were pushed back by Indian aircraft.

The Government of India had confirmed that the Indian Air Force responded instantly to thwart its attempts. In the aerial engagement, one Pakistan jet was shot down by Indian MIG 21 Bison of IAF. The Indian Airforce has said it had lost a Mig 21, while the pilot is believed to be in Pakistan’s captivity.

10 remarkable details of the Indian air strike over Balakot terror camp

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10 remarkable details of the Indian air strike over Balakot terror camp

Yesterday morning between in the early hours, 12 Mirage 2000 aircraft of the Indian airforce flew deep inside Pakistani territory and bombed a major Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist camp to dust. It was an operation immaculately planned and executed with pinpoint precision. The fact that the Mirage jets successfully bombed the terror camps and came back without a scratch, is a remarkable tale that will be told for years to come.

Here are 10 most remarkable facts about the air strike by Indian Air Force yesterday that not only turned a large-scale terror establishment to smoke but also ensured India’s moral, strategic and diplomatic win after the dreadful Pulwama attacks.

  • It was the first operation after the 1971 war with Pakistan that the Indian fighter jets have crossed the LoC and flown inside Pakistani airspace. Even during the peak of Kargil war between the two countries, the then Vajpayee government had ordered the Indian Air Force not to cross the LoC. As per reports, the Indian Air Force had planned it in since February 15, just a day after the Pulwama attack.
Balakot location, Image Courtesy: Indian Express
  • NSA Ajit Doval and Air chief BS Dhanoa worked throughout the night on Monday, monitoring the preparations and operations from the war room in IAF headquarters. Director General of Air Operations Air Marshal Amit Dev and his team played a significant role in the operations from the war room.
  • Apart from the 12 Mirage 2000 aircraft that had taken off from their respective air bases in Gwalior and Agra, a formation of Sukhoi Su 30-MKIs, 5 Mig 29s were also on standby to protect the Indian airspace. Reports say that while the IAF put assets worth over Rs 2,568 crores flying across the LoC, it kept equipment and aircraft of over 3600 crores on standby for necessary support.
Mirage 2000, Image Courtesy: Shiv Aroor via Twitter
  • The 12 Mirage fighter jets flew with their radars turned off to avoid detection by the enemy. It was two of the IAF’s Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, DRDO developed ‘Netra’ or the ‘Eye in The Sky’ that guided them across the LoC into the enemy territory. The Netras shepherded the 12 Mirage jets during the air strikes. The Netra’s eye is a 1.4-ton AESA radar mounted on it which can detect targets from over 200 km away. The five flight controllers on the EJ-145 directed the aircraft to their target, right up to the release of the bomb and back.
  • An Ilyushin II-78 aerial refuelling tanker travelled with the fleet of Mirage 2000s. Some reports say that a number of Sukhoi Su 30-MKIs were also airborne during the operation. Guarding the Mirage 2000s against any threats.
  • An Israel-made UAV Heron, a medium altitude long endurance drones developed by the Israel Aerospace Industries was also keeping the Mirage 2000s company. It was deployed to carry out real-time air surveillance.
  • The Mirage 2000s carried the SPICE ‘smart bombs’ made by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems. Each SPICE 2000 is approximately a 1000 KG air to ground bomb that can be launched from a distance of 100 km. Israel had used these same bombs in Syria. The SPICE uses a Digital Scene Matching Area Correlator (DSMAC) technology. The technology enables it to match the target as it zooms in, with pre-fed images apart from the GPS coordinates. They also come with anti-GPS jammer, which means the enemy cannot manipulate its homing device. The Mirages also used the Israeli made Lightening Targetting Pods to target the precise locations.
  • The Balakot terror camp was chosen based on strong intelligence that it has long been used as a training and indoctrination facility and currently there are more than 300 terrorists and many top commanders housed there. Balakot camp was located in the woods, away from the civilian area. It was a top facility with playground, swimming pool, racing tracks, an ammunition dump, and social media war room. Many trainers in the facility are believed to be ex-ISI and the Pakistani army. Indian intelligence sources reportedly had enough credible information that JeM has called back its terrorists from Launchpads along the LoC and many of them have been holed up in Balakot camp. Even the US intelligence agencies are said to be aware of the existence of the Balakot camp after they had detained Hafez Rehman, a Taliban terrorist who was trained in the Balakot camp.
  • 25 top Jaish-e-Mohammad commanders, including Masood Azhar’s brother-in-law Yusuf Azhar, Maulana Ammar, associated with Afghanistan and Kashmir ops and Maulana Talha Saif, brother of Maulana Masood Azhar and head of the preparation wing have also been killed in the air strikes. 6 buildings of the camp, located about 60 km straight distance away from Abbottabad were levelled in the air strike.
  • India’s official statement after the attacks, that it was a pre-emptive non-military action, has actually worked to put Pakistan in a fix. Pakistan had earlier claimed that no damage was done in the attack. But after the UNSC statement and the support of many global powers that India has a right to self-defence against terrorist groups, drain away any validation from Pakistan’s cry of victimhood after the attacks.

It has been reported that PAF actually scrambled some F-16s after the Indian air strike, but seeing India’s massive formation of airborne fighter jets and other aircraft, it hastily backed down. Pakistan, already losing face over a failed democracy and its continuous harbouring of terrorists, depleted military aid from the US after Donald Trump put his foot down and the subject of international isolation, has been reduced to a joke by its own government and military officials.

India’s air strikes may not have ended terrorism from our hostile neighbourhood, but it has delivered a thundering message across the world that Indian will not be a helpless victim, but it will take decisive and aggressive action against the threats to its sovereignty and peace.

Pakistan touches new low, makes calls to civilians residing in border areas asking whereabouts of Indian Army

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Pakistan touches new low, makes calls to civilians residing in border areas asking whereabouts of Indian Army

Pakistan, baffled by India’s gutsiness after the Indian Airforce struck the Jaish camps in Pakistan, has embraced a new low. Reports are emerging that Pakistan has been making calls to civilians located in the Indo-Pak border areas and enquiring about the Indian Army’s whereabouts.

According to a report by Patrika, the locals living in Sriganganagar district, Rajasthan, which happens to share its border with Pakistan, have been receiving fraudulent calls from thirteen digit numbers. These calls, which are being made through the internet, are trying to persuade the locals to reveal the locations and other important information regarding the Indian Army.

One such call was received by the Sriganganagar village Panchayat head, Rakesh Bishnoi. As per information passed on by Rakesh, he received a call from one such thirteen digit number at 10.30am. The caller asked him whether the Indian army was present at the border. He was also asked for how long had the army been present in his area and also sought information regarding the army activities.

However, Bishnoi claimed that pretending to be ignorant, he asked the caller to contact the police for such information. Bishnoi furthered that the caller also sought information regarding the Indian Army tanks and ammunition which he did not pass on.

He received a call from a thirteen digit number (+3444172258965) and the call lasted for 2 minutes 24 seconds, confirmed Bishnoi.

The situation in the border areas is very sensitive, post the Indian Army’s laudable endeavour. Areas like Sriganganagar, Bikaner, Jaisalmer of Rajasthan and the Barmer border areas have been put on high alert. Superintendent of Police, Hemant Sharma appealed to all the locals, not to pass on any kind of information to such fraudulent callers.

Additional superintendent of Police, Surendra Singh Rathore, added that considering the current situation all the adjacent areas have been put on high alerts. Police patrolling has been increased in these areas. He appealed to all residents to stay alert and not to fall into the trap of such swindlers. Any person receiving such fraudulent calls must immediately inform the police and put up the information on social media, appealed Rathore.

The Indian armed forces had retaliated to the ghastly Pulwama carnage by executing an ariel airstrike in the wee hours on Tuesday morning, by crossing the Line of Control and breaching the Pakistani airspace. The air strike was carried out at 3:30 am in Balakot. One of the targets destroyed by IAF Mirage jets was in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area.

Balakot, Chakothi and Muzaffarabad terror launch pads across the Line of Control were completely destroyed in IAF air strikes. Jaish-e-Mohammad control rooms also destroyed.

Delhi Metro put on Red Alert amid increased tension with Pakistan

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Delhi Metro put on Red Alert amid increased tension with Pakistan

The government has issued red alerts on the entire network of Delhi metro amid the heightened tension between India and Pakistan. The red alert was issued as per the advice of security agencies, and the alert has been made effective from 6 PM this evening.

“As advised by security agencies, Red Alert has been imposed in entire DMRC network from 6PM onwards today,” a statement issued by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said.


As per protocols of red alert, all station controllers are required to inspect the entire station every two hours and report the same to the control centre. They have to look for any suspicious items or activities on the station premises, including parking lots.

After the terror attack at Pulwama, Indian Air Force had bombed terrorist camps in Pakistan yesterday. Pakistan Air Force attacked Indian defence bases today as retaliation, but Pakistan’s F-16 jets were chased away by IAF’s MiG-21 jets, and one F-16 jet was shot down. India also lost one MiG-21 in the process, and the pilot has been captured by Pakistan.

Following these incidents, there are increased chance of terror attacks by Pakistan based terrorists in India, and public places like the Delhi Metro can be prime targets of such terror operations. The red alert for Delhi Metro has been issued on threat perception of such attacks.

Pakistan’s lies out in open as it retracts statement, now says only one Indian pilot in its custody

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Pakistan’s lies out in open as it retracts statement, now says only one Indian pilot in its custody

Pakistani jets had violated Indian airspace on Wednesday morning and entered the border areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. They had reportedly dropped bombs but were pushed back by Indian aircraft.

The Government of India had confirmed that the Indian Air Force responded instantly to thwart its attempts. In the aerial engagement, one Pakistan jet was shot down by Indian MIG 21 Bison of IAF. The Indian Airforce has said it had lost a Mig 21, while the pilot is believed to be in Pakistan’s captivity.

However, Pakistan had resorted to its usual act of lies, when the Pakistan Army Spokesperson Asif Gafoor had initially claimed that two Indian Air Force fighter planes were shot, one of the aircraft fell inside Pakistan occupied Kashmir while other fell inside IOK. He had said that two Indian Air Force pilots were arrested, out of which one was being treated in a hospital.

But, Pakistan Army after getting exposed by their lies, have now put up a new statement stating that they have custody of only one pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan and stated that he is being treated as per norms of military ethics.

Meanwhile, the Indian government had summoned the acting High Commissioner of Pakistan to lodge a strong protest at the unprovoked act of aggression by Pakistan against India earlier today, including violation of the Indian air space by Pakistan Air Force & targeting of Indian military posts.

Reportedly, India has also strongly objected to Pakistan’s vulgar display of injured personnel of the Indian Air Force, which is in violation of all norms of International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Convention. The Indian government has also made clear to Pakistan to ensure that no harm is made to the Indian defence personnel in its custody. and expected his immediate and safe return.

Object to Pakistan’s vulgar display of injured pilot, ensure safety, India expects immediate and safe return: MEA demarche on Pakistan

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Object to Pakistan’s vulgar display of injured pilot, ensure safety, India expects immediate and safe return: MEA demarche on Pakistan

In a strongly worded demarche issued to Pakistan, India demands the pilot’s immediate safe return of the pilot. The Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan was summoned earlier today to lodge a protest against the unprovoked aggression from Pakistan’s side following Indian Air Force’s air strikes on Pakistani terror camps yesterday.

Full text of the demarche is as follows:

The Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan was summoned this afternoon by MEA to lodge a strong protest at the unprovoked act of aggression by Pakistan against India earlier today, including by violation of the Indian air space by Pakistan Air Force and targeting of Indian military posts.

It was conveyed that India reserves the right to take firm and decisive action to protect its national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity against any act of aggression or cross-border terrorism.

India also strongly objected to Pakistan’s vulgar display of an injured personnel of the Indian Air Force in violation of all norms of International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Convention. It was made clear that Pakistan would be well advised to ensure that no harm comes to the Indian defence personnel in its custody. India also expects his immediate and safe return.

Earlier today, Pakistan violated Indian air space wherein Pakistan’s F16 was brought down along with India’s MiG21. The pilot of Indian Air Force was captured by Pakistan since he had crossed the border while chasing the F16 of Pakistan Air Force. Following this, videos of the Air Force pilot being beaten up by his captors as well as video of his being questioned by presumably Pakistani Army personnel had gone viral on social media, in violation of the Geneva Convention.

One day after supporting the government, opposition parties back to theatrics by politicising the airstrikes against Pakistan

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One day after supporting the government, opposition parties back to theatrics by politicising the airstrikes against Pakistan

At a time when the entire nation is backing the Indian armed forces and the world is staring at a full-fledged war between India and Pakistan, the opposition political parties of India choose to use this moment to play politics and spreading lies.

21 opposition parties held a meeting today at the Parliament House and issued a joint statement after that on the escalating situation after the terror attack CRPF convoy in Pulwama on 14th February. Condemning the Pulwama attack by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists, the opposition parties paid homage to our martyrs and expressed solidarity with Armed Forces in crushing the menace of Terrorism. The joint statement of opposition parties was read out by Congress president Rahul Gandhi after the meeting.

The joint statement added that the meeting of opposition parties lauded the action taken by Indian Air Force against terror camps in Pakistan on February 26, and praised Indian Armed Forces for their valour and bravery. Surprisingly after that, the joint statement says that “the meeting of 21 parties expressed their deep anguish over the blatant politicisation of sacrifices made by our Armed Forces by leaders of the ruling party”. It also says that the Prime Minister has not convened an all-party meeting as per established practice in our democracy.

This is a very unfortunate statement coming from 21 political parties of the nation at this moment. The allegation that the current situation has been politicised by the BJP leaders is false and has no basis. No leader of the ruling party has made any comment that can be described as politicisation. The BJP leaders, including the Prime Minister, has praised the Armed Forces for their action against terror camps in Pakistan, and have reiterated that Pakistan sponsored terrorism will be crushed by India.

On the other hand, it is opposition, including the liberal media, which have been trying to politicise the matter. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee went to allege that the union government had intelligence inputs on the Pulwama attack but did not act on them. She claimed that BJP wants to create a war hysteria ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

Several left-liberal activists and journalists have argued that only Modi and BJP will be benefitted by terror attacks by Jaish. National Herald, the mouthpiece of Congress, has also published articles arguing the same. Some of them have gone ahead and hinted that actually BJP may be behind the Pulwama attack.

Coming to the all-party meeting, perhaps the opposition parties forgot that just yesterday they had attended an all-party meeting called by the Government of India. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury, TMC’s Derek O’Brian, Omar Abdullah of National Conference were among the opposition leaders present in the meeting. The union government was represented by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. All three of them are also the members of Cabinet Committee on Security. Therefore, it is a blatant lie by the opposition parties that all-party meeting has not been called by the government. Moreover, the situation is still evolving, and the government may call more meetings, which may be addressed by the Prime Minister. To attack the government at this moment on this issue is clearly an attempt to score a political point by the 21 opposition parties.

Enduring peace and meaningful ‘talks’ with Pakistan in its current form is a delusional fantasy

K Bhattacharjee
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Enduring peace and meaningful ‘talks’ with Pakistan in its current form is a delusional fantasy

After attempting to attack Indian military installations, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has appealed for “better sense to prevail” and offered to hold talks. And it appears Indian liberals, who cannot look beyond partisan politics, are targeting the Modi government over the IAF Wing Commander who Pakistan claims to have taken captive.

Indian Liberals are arguing that Imran Khan is actually urging for peace and it would be ‘jingoistic’ for Narendra Modi to not accept his offer. They appear to forget that Khan appealed for talks right after Pakistan itself escalated matters.

There is a larger question at hand here. Is a lasting peace really possible with Pakistan in its current form? Peaceniks appear to forget that India did not choose this war, it was imposed upon us. Cross border terrorism is only a proxy war that is being waged by Pakistan for decades now. The Pulwama Terrorist Attack, where 40 of our brave men were martyred, was merely a manifestation of it.

For years, our Army has been fighting a proxy war which has claimed the lives of thousands of our soldiers. It’s horribly unjust and unfair that our people continue to suffer Pakistan sponsored terrorism even though we have a much stronger Army than our enemy.

There is nothing to indicate that Pakistan will stop backing terrorists as well. India has only one demand, that Pakistan stop arming terrorists against India in its own soil. The Indian state has to realize that it is not dealing with rational actors here.

Pakistan is an Islamic state and its entire existence is based upon its opposition to India. Beyond that, it has no identity not a purpose of existence. Their conduct abundantly demonstrates that they don’t consider the tensions with India as a geopolitical battle between two nation states. They perceive it as a religious war against Hindus.

It was evident when Pakistan backed Pulwama terrorist stated rather proudly that he was carrying out the suicide bombing against ‘cow piss drinkers‘. It was again amply evident when in the videos of the IAF Wing Commander in Pakistani custody, which have been circulating on social media, they can be seen verifying his religion. He is made to confirm that he is Hindu.

Under such circumstances, where Pakistan is clearly waging a Jihad against India, enduring peace is not possible until and unless one faction is completely and utterly decimated. The only way to enduring Peace, quite paradoxically, is through War. Until Pakistan exists in its current form where it can still support a sizable military, peace will continue to remain a mere fantasy.

India was partitioned on the basis of religion. And unfortunately for us, Pakistan will continue to function with a mindset that will perennially seek to weaken India. For Pakistan, their Jihad is more important than peace. They hate Indians more than they love their own children, therefore, they continue to harbour terrorists who often kill their own women and children. Pakistan will not abandon their doomed quest on their own, India has to help them. Airstrikes and military action are known to be particularly helpful in this regard.

“Talks” are held between two conventional Army’s or elected civilian governments. In this scenario, we have an Army that thrives on mercenaries and the Indian Army, which is a conventional humane army. On one hand, we have Imran Taliban Khan who has stated his sympathies with Jihadis rather openly in the past and is, by all standards, a mere puppet in the hands of the ISI and the Pakistan Army. On the other hand, we have a democratically elected civilian government in India. One has to wonder then, what credible result “talks” can help reach and would these “talks” help reach any form of compromise? Would “talks” force Pakistan to stop terrorism and waging Jihad on India? Have these talks not happened before? Was there an outcome of these talks? Pakistan will wrongly claim stake on Kashmir which is Indian territory, including the territory occupied by Pakistan. What possible “talk” could solve that conundrum? Would Pakistan simply agree to hand over the area occupied by it? Would it agree to not send terrorists to Kashmir? Would it agree to stop funding terror groups? Would it stop indoctrinating Kashmiris to wage Jihad against the “Kafir state”?

It is perhaps true that the average Pakistani, or the average Kashmiri wants peace. Nobody would contest that and assert that every single Pakistani wants war. However, wars are fought between two Armies and talks are held between two civilian governments. What talk could be held between a Pakistani PM who is a puppet of Jihadis and a democratically elected PM Modi? What peace can prevail between a mercenary Jihadi force and a conventional, just Army like that of India? And if all of this is true, what is really the agenda between asking for talks and peddling the peace narrative?

Armies of the world don’t fight for war’s sake. They fight so peace can prevail. Indian Army fights so peace can prevail with a bunch of mercenaries who wage Jihad.

In war, there are always setbacks. And there are battles that we may lose. However, the larger goal has to be borne in mind at all times. We have to ensure that Pakistan does not nurture terrorists in their own soil so that another Mumbai Terror Attack doesn’t occur so that another Pulwama tragedy can be avoided.

‘Liberals’ mirror Imran Khan: Pakistan looks to survive, ‘liberals’ want terrorist to flourish so their business of ‘peace’ can prevail

Nirwa Mehta
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‘Liberals’ mirror Imran Khan: Pakistan looks to survive, ‘liberals’ want terrorist to flourish so their business of ‘peace’ can prevail

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for peace talks, right after Pakistan Army escalated the matter by attempting to attack Indian military installations in response to Indian sir strikes against terrorists. Indian Air Force shot down a Pakistani F-16. Unfortunately, while the Indian Air Force was chasing the Pakistani F16 on a MiG 21, one Indian pilot, who still remains unidentified by the Government, was declared missing in action. No sooner than reports on his missing started pouring in, a narrative was being built to state how the officer was paying a price to tv-anchor jingoism.

It appears ‘liberals’ on our side of the border have been waiting for an opportunity to attack the Government ever since have already started singing the #SayNoToWar song by posturing it on the pilot’s shoulder. You know, the usual, on how what is happening to him wouldn’t have happened had it not been for the TV anchors who were baying for blood for TRPs. Well, he wouldn’t have been captured had he not gone chasing the F16 from Pakistan which was sent as a retaliatory action when India destroyed Pakistan’s terror camps. Yes, Pakistani Armed Forces are avenging the destruction of terror camps they were nourishing.

But, TV anchors are responsible for Pakistan avenging the destruction of their terror camps.


If the video which is being circulated on social media (OpIndia stands by the Armed Forces and Government of India and refuses to put out the videos/images which are purported to be of the Indian Air Force pilot) is to be believed, the officer is maintaining his composure in the face of enemy, while standing in enemy territory. He has been brutally beaten up by his captors, violating the Geneva Convention of which speaks of humane treatment of wounded/captured military personnel. Even then, he has maintained his composure because he is trained for that. But then, blame Pakistan’s aggression at being hurt by the destruction of their terror camps to journalists on TV who have done nothing but stand by the Armed Forces and has said no to terrorism.


Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan, who is nothing more than a puppet of the ISI, has had his army capture our pilot. They have not yet (at the time of this report) used diplomatic channels to inform India about the details, but has posted video and images on social media (again in violation of Geneva Convention) but he is making more sense than his Indian counterpart, Prime Minister Modi because Indian Army destroyed Pakistani terror camps. Let that sink in.

Pakistan Army avenging the destruction of terror camps is referred to as f*cking olive branch by this journalist. I have no polite words to express my anger at this moment.


Oh, and the Air Force pilot is ‘paying the price’ of ‘f*cking jingoism of the ruling party’. He was defending India when he was caught by the enemy because his jet was shot at. Oh, and he was chasing an F16 with a MiG 21, which are also known as ‘flying coffins’ which are routinely crashed during training sorties. Official records say over 170 IAF pilots have lost their lives in MiG 21 accidents since 1970. Now, remind me again, what or who has been creating a ruckus over Indian getting upgraded aircraft like the Rafale?

And of course, the journalist who wrote an article claiming Kulbhushan Jadhav is a spy which is being used by Pakistan in the International Court of Justice to help their case, chooses to call the destruction of Pakistani terror camp as “a phoney war” which is being waged “to win an election”.


What is happening is rather evident. Pakistan used this to pressurise the Indian government to stop India’s actions against terrorism. The Balakot strikes left them rattles. A nuclear-capable Mirage went as close as 200 km to Islamabad and flattened several terrorist camps of JeM, the backbone of ISI and the Pakistani Army. Pakistan and the “liberals” today speak in one voice. They demand peace and demand that India “stops aggression” without once realising that thousands of soldiers have been murdered by Pakistan over the decades. While Pakistan is playing deadly, bloody games for its survival against a new, strong India that refuses to play dead, the “liberals” are quite simply fighting for their economic survival. Without the ‘aman ka tamasha’ trope, several “liberals” who have built their careers on sabre-rattling, at the expense of dying soldiers.

They don’t care about India. They don’t care about our soldiers. They don’t care about peace. They care about the survival of Pakistan and the continuance of conflict so the trope they built their career on stays alive. This is why they speak in one voice with Imran Khan. Today, when our country needs us the most.

After attempting to attack Indian military installations in response to India’s strikes on terrorists, Imran Khan calls for ‘talks’

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After attempting to attack Indian military installations in response to India’s strikes on terrorists, Imran Khan calls for ‘talks’

In its official statement, the Ministry of External Affairs asserted that Pakistan had attempted to target Indian military installations. The government also stated that one Pakistani aircraft was shot down by Indians and in the process, India lost one Mig-21 and its pilot has since then gone missing. Pakistan has claimed that the pilot is in their custody.

Pakistan’s attempted attack on India’s military assets in response to Indian air strikes which were clearly “non-military” as stated by the government in its earlier statement marks a clear escalation on Pakistan’s part. It has to be remembered that India attacked terrorist camps which are clearly non-military assets.

Former Air Chief Krishnaswamy has also been reported as saying that it was an act of escalation on part of Pakistan.


After escalating tensions, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is now calling for talks. In a media briefing, he said, “All wars in world history have been miscalculated, those who started the wars did not know where it will end. So, I want to ask India, with the weapons you and we have, can we afford miscalculation? If a war takes place, it will not be in my or Narendra Modi’s control. If you want any kind of talks on terrorism, we are ready. Better sense must prevail. We should sit down and talk.”

By this statement, Khan has not only attempted to peddle their ‘we have nuclear weapons’ threat, but also has shamelessly continued their farce of claiming victimhood over terrorists that their government shelters and supports.

Khan’s appeal to ‘better sense’ reek of duplicity as the Pakistanis chose to escalate matters by attempting to attack Indian military installations when India had bombed only terror camps. The Indian Government is likely to have factored into its calculations that Pakistan will escalate matters after the strikes. It remains to be seen how India responds to the latest Pakistani affront.

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