Oct 29, 2020, 11:23 AM IST
Taking a jibe at Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his government, a Pakistan opposition MP has exposed how the Imran Khan government and Pakistan Army were worried about at Indian attack after the capture of IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman.
In a speech in the National Assembly, Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Ayaz Sadiq said that Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s “legs were trembling” when Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had in an important meeting pointed out that if Pakistan did not release Abhinandan Varthaman, India would attack Pakistan "that night by 9 pm."
“I remember Shah Mahmood Qureshi was in the meeting in which Imran Khan had refused to attend and Chief of Army Staff General Bajwa came into the room, his legs were shaking and he was perspiring. Foreign Minister said for God's sake let Abhinandan go, India's about to attack Pakistan at 9 pm,” Sadiq recalled.
Wing Commander Varthaman last year shot down Pakistani aircraft F-16 after it transgressed into Indian airspace during a dog fight between the air forces of both countries.
He was released via the Attari-Wagah border on March 1, 2019 and awarded the Vir Chakra on Independence Day by President Ram Nath Kovind for his exemplary courage.