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IANS news agency quoted sources stating that a commander from Pakistan’s 75th Infantry Brigade stationed near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), refused to return to the outpost at the height of the offensive.
New Delhi: Pakistan Army officers were reportedly panicking when India's Operation Sindoor was underway. Intercepted radio communications have revealed that senior officers in the Pakistan military abandoned their posts and refused to return. IANS news agency quoted sources stating that a commander from Pakistan’s 75th Infantry Brigade stationed near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), refused to return to the outpost at the height of the offensive.
“When junior officers contacted him about resuming operation, he responded ‘the office will open later, save your lives first.’ Intercepted radio chatter further revealed the commander had taken refuge in a mosque,” the IANS report said. A junior officer was heard saying, “Our commander Sahab escaped with great difficulty. He’s offering namaz in a mosque. He’s sent his men here and said he will return only when things calm down.”
Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that the cessation of firing and military action was negotiated directly between India and Pakistan. He said that India had made it clear to every nation, including the US, that Pakistan needs to call India's general and say that if it wants to stop the firing. The cessation of hostilities between the two nations came after India's 'Operation Sindoor', launched in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians.
On being asked about the US role in the cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan, Jaishankar responded, “Well, the US was in the United States. Obviously, US Secretary of State Rubio and Vice President Vance had called up, Rubio had spoken to me, Vance had spoken to our Prime Minister, they had their view and they were talking to us and they were talking to Pakistani side as indeed were some other countries. There were some countries in the Gulf, there were some others as well.”
