Terrorism was raised … Bilawal Bhutto opened the bundle of Pakistan’s lies. Bilawal Bhutto Exped Pakistan’s Lies on Terrorism, said
Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto has admitted that his country’s past has been to support terrorist organizations. A few days before Bhutto’s comment, the country’s Defense Minister Khwaja Asif had said that Islamabad has been doing ‘dirty work’ to help terrorism for decades. According to media reports, Bhutto said in a conversation with Sky News on 1 May, “As far as the Defense Minister (Asif) said, I don’t think it is a secret that Pakistan has a past.”
Pakistan passed through many waves of extremism: Bilawal
Bhutto also pointed to Pakistan’s active role in financial assistance and supporting the Mujahideen during the first Afghan war. He said, “We did this with coordination and cooperation with the Western powers. Pakistan passed through waves one after the other … we suffered losses.”
Terrorism is part of our history, now the situation is improving: Bilawal
Bilawal Bhutto said, “It is true that this (terrorism) is an unfortunate part of our history … but we have learned a lesson from it.” He credited internal reforms and military operations for the ‘changed situation’, especially after the assassination of his mother Benazir Bhutto, which overturned the state policy on extremist elements.
Pakistan’s Defense Minister also confessed to terrorism
It is known that earlier last week, in an interview of Sky News, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khwaja Asif was asked whether Pakistan has a long history of giving “support, training and funding” to terrorist organizations. He clearly admitted that it is so. But he tried to put its blame on the West.
Asif told the interviewer, “We have been doing this ‘dirty work’ for Western countries including America and Britain for nearly three decades … It was a mistake and we had to pay its price, that’s why you are saying this to me. If we did not join the war against the Soviet Union and the 9/11 war against the Soviet Union, Pakistan’s track record would have been impeccable.”
Truth coming out of India’s growing pressure after Pahalgam attack
This is the second such time in a few days when a top leader of Pakistan has accepted the support of terrorism. This shows the increasing pressure on Pakistan after the Pahalgam attack and the nervousness arising out of India’s aggressive trend. The statements of the two leaders show that Pakistan is afraid that India should not take any major military action.
On April 22, Pahalgam killed 26 people by terrorists
On April 22, the terrorists fired indiscriminately at people (mostly tourists) in Basaron Valley in Pahalgam, a popular tourist destination in Jammu and Kashmir. At least 26 people died and many others were injured in the attack. ‘TRF’, associated with the banned terrorist group ‘Lashkar-e-Taiba’, took responsibility for this attack.
Stress in India-Pakistan after the Pahalgam attack
After the Pahalgam attack, tension between India and Pakistan has reached its peak. New Delhi has taken many strict diplomatic and strategic steps against Islamabad. These include suspending the 1960 Indus Water Agreement with immediate effect, closing the attic integrated check post, suspending visa services for Pakistani citizens with immediate effect.
After these decisions in India, Pakistan took steps like postponing the Shimla Agreement and closing their airspace for Indian flights, canceling visas of Indian citizens.