On January 8th The Times of India published a write-up based on the memoirs of Ajay Bisaria who was Indian ambassador to Pakistan at the time of Pulwama incident and the military confrontation between India and Pakistan that nearly brought the two nuclear states to the brink of a full-fledged war. Bisaria while describing the details of developments in regards to the capture of the Indian fighter pilot Abhinandon by Pakistan and his release in his upcoming book titled ‘Anger Management: The Troubled Diplomatic Relations between India and Pakistan’ has made some absurd claims which belie not only logic but also the ground realities that prevailed at that time.
He claims that Pakistan released the pilot after two days not on its own as a peace overture but his release was a result of coercive diplomacy by India. It was secured under a threat of escalating the war if any harm came to the captured pilot. India had deployed nine missiles aimed at Pakistan. According to him it was conveyed to the Pakistan government through ambassadors of UK and USA in India and Pakistan who impressed upon it how serious India was about the escalation. He maintains that Pakistan not only agreed to release Abhinandan but also promised action on Pulwama dossier prepared by India and terrorism. According to him the envoys of US and UK said that Pakistan seemed genuinely spooked by the prospect of escalation.
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It is pertinent to point out that even before the Pulwama attack Pakistan feared some sinister move by the Modi government in view of the ensuing Indian elections and had sounded a number of world capitals about it. Pakistan was vindicated when it happened. Pakistan’s claim gained strength from the statement of the chief of Indian extremist political party Maharashra Navnirman Sena Raj Thackery who called the Indian soldiers killed in the attack as ‘political victims’ maintaining that truth would be revealed if the country’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval was probed. On top of that 21 political parties of India including Congress also held Modi responsible for the situation alleging that he was using the Pulwama tragedy for political gains. It went beyond doubt to prove that Pulwama was stage-managed to reap political advantage.
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Nevertheless Pakistan condemned the attack, rejected the insinuations regarding her involvement and offered to cooperate in the investigation if India provided any credible evidence in support of her claims but there was no let up in the tirade against her.
Since Modi government had created anti-Pakistan hysteria in the backdrop of Pulwama incident it sent planes to attack an imaginary terrorist training camp at Balakot to assuage the public sentiment. Modi government claimed that the first hit at Balakot had destroyed a training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammand and killed 350 terrorist. The India media also went berserk in toeing the lead given by the government and even used old videos to corroborate the Indian claims. But those claims were given a lie by the Pakistani as well as international media and the satellite images of the place of incident where no traces of any camp were found and no casualty occurred except felling of some trees and the death of an unfortunate crow. Reuter, AP, BBC, New York Times and Washington Post also expressed doubts about Indian claims.
From Sangla Hill to U19 World Cup - Ahmed Hassan’s journey of beating the odds As is evident the entire Indian story was fictitious. India committed a blunder by sending its planes across the border not realizing that Pakistan would not take it lying down. While Indian planes came in the dark of the night, Pakistan retaliated in the broad-day light and in the ensuing dog-fight between the two air forces, Pakistan downed two Indian planes and also captured wing commander Abhinandan who ejected after his plane was hit. Pakistan sent a loud and clear message that it was capable to defend itself against any aggression and could give a matching response in any eventuality. Pakistan clearly had upper hand in the confrontation. The Indian military leadership was in a state of paralysis. In spite of having three times bigger Army than Pakistan and terming the 27th events as declaration of war it never dared to attack Pakistan. The supremacy of Pakistan was acknowledge by Modi who later told any audience that had India acquired French Rafael planes in time the situation would have been different.
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Steve Smith stuns Novak Djokovic with his tennis skill The claim that Pakistan also agreed to take action on Pulwama dossier and terrorism also could only be the figment of imagination of Bisaria. Pakistan is against terrorism in all its manifestations of terrorism and has been in the forefront in the fight against terror. It has always rejected Indian propaganda of Pakistan fomenting terrorism which India probably has been doing as a cover-up for its own state-terrorism. It has been supporting insurgency in Balochistan and acts of terrorism as revealed by Indian spy Kalbhushan Jhadav. Indian RAW in collaboration with Afghan intelligence agency DNS has been sponsoring terrorist attacks in Pakistan. It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan had handed over a dossier on Indian terrorism to the UN and other western powers including USA in the aftermath of these incidents. The murder of a Sikh leader in Canada for which the Canadian prime Minister accused Indian government of its involvement and yet another murder plan of a Sikh leader in USA are a ranting testimony of Indian state terrorism.
The timing of appearance of this article is quite ominous as it has been published before the ensuring elections in India. It reflects typical Indian ploy to manipulate things and nothing else.
Malik Muhammad Ashraf
The writer is a freelance columnist. He can be reached at ashpak10@gmail.com
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On January 8th The Times of India published a write-up based on the memoirs of Ajay Bisaria who was Indian ambassador to Pakistan at the time of Pulwama incident and the military confrontation between India and Pakistan that nearly brought the two nuclear states to the brink of a full-fledged war. Bisaria while describing the details of developments in regards to the capture of the Indian fighter pilot Abhinandon by Pakistan and his release in his upcoming book titled ‘Anger Management: The Troubled Diplomatic Relations between India and Pakistan’ has made some absurd claims which belie not only logic but also the ground realities that prevailed at that time.
He claims that Pakistan released the pilot after two days not on its own as a peace overture but his release was a result of coercive diplomacy by India. It was secured under a threat of escalating the war if any harm came to the captured pilot. India had deployed nine missiles aimed at Pakistan. According to him it was conveyed to the Pakistan government through ambassadors of UK and USA in India and Pakistan who impressed upon it how serious India was about the escalation. He maintains that Pakistan not only agreed to release Abhinandan but also promised action on Pulwama dossier prepared by India and terrorism. According to him the envoys of US and UK said that Pakistan seemed genuinely spooked by the prospect of escalation.
Pakistan eye series win against Kiwis to kick off T20 World Cup preparations Before dilating on authenticity of the claims or otherwise made by Bisaria I feel it would be pertinent to ascertain the reality of Pulwama incident consequent upon which India and Pakistan confronted each other.
It is pertinent to point out that even before the Pulwama attack Pakistan feared some sinister move by the Modi government in view of the ensuing Indian elections and had sounded a number of world capitals about it. Pakistan was vindicated when it happened.........
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