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India Today
a day ago
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- India Today
Terrorists challenged India's nari shakti, brought their doom: PM on Op Sindoor
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said terrorists in Pakistan brought their own doom by challenging the "nari shakti" of India, referring to the attack in Pahalgam where women watched as their husbands were being killed. The Prime Minister also declared that 'Sindoor' was the biggest and most successful operation in Indian history against terrorism."In Pahalgam, the terrorists didn't just shed blood - they attacked our culture. They tried to divide our society. The terrorists challenged the nari shakti of India, and this challenge turned into doom for the terrorists and their sponsors," PM Modi said while taking part in the 'Mahila Sashaktikaran Maha Sammelan' in Bhopal on the 300th birth anniversary of Queen Ahilyabai April 22, 25 tourists, all men, were shot dead in the scenic Baisaran meadow by Lashkar terrorists, who executed those identified as non-Muslims. In retaliation, India launched Operation Sindoor - a name designed to show respect to those women who were widowed in the attack. During the hostilities, India not only destroyed key terror camps deep inside Pakistan, but also targeted military bases before entering into a ceasefire deal.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
One-third of kids never sees a school, but we have nukes: Ex-Pak envoy's viral clip stirs fresh outrage
'The real threat is from within' — DeltaRR2000 (@DeltaRR2000) Live Events 'We are not going to live as an insecure nation' After Pahalgam: A nation at the brink again Indus treaty suspended, water becomes a weapon 'Why does Pakistan need Lashkar, Jaish, Sipah?' (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel As Pakistan faces a deepening crisis at home, a decade-old warning from former ambassador Hussain Haqqani is hitting harder than ever. A 2013 interview featuring the ex-diplomat has resurfaced online, exposing painful truths about Pakistan's priorities. 'One-third of (Pakistan's) young population… never see the inside of any school — forget about madrasas, religious schools, any school,' Haqqani said. 'Another one-third lives below the poverty line, and yet the country has nuclear weapons.'This statement—now viral—echoes across a nation grappling with economic instability, a broken education system, and worsening India-Pakistan relations. Despite being from 2013, the interview's relevance feels sharply present in critique went deeper than statistics. He questioned the national mindset that glorifies military might at the expense of societal progress. 'The real threat to Pakistan essentially is from a failure to come to terms with its geography, with its history, and with having a direction for it as a nation,' he said during the remarks form a blistering takedown of Pakistan's state doctrine—where weapons take precedence over welfare. 'We are now like the guy who keeps buying guns to try and protect himself and then says, 'Oh gosh, I can't sleep because I'm afraid somebody will steal my guns,'' he observed, describing the country's fixation on defence at the cost of its citizens' sense of also invoked the vision of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. She imagined a future where Pakistan retained its nuclear deterrence but redefined its global role. 'We will keep the nukes, but we will eventually sign up with some kind of international agreement… We are not going to live as an insecure nation,' he said, referencing Bhutto's forward-looking was not a call to disarm but to recalibrate—to pair defence strength with internal development and diplomatic resurfacing of this interview comes on the heels of a major terror attack. On 22 April, a deadly strike in Kashmir's Pahalgam claimed the lives of 26 Indian tourists. The attack, attributed to Pakistan-based terror groups, has plunged the region into crisis. In response, India launched Operation Sindoor, a military campaign targeting nine terror camps across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). These camps were linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hizbul followed was a series of retaliatory attempts by Pakistan to strike Indian military bases between 8 and 10 May. India responded by targeting eight Pakistani airbases on 10 May using long-range missiles and India has moved swiftly too. Following the Pahalgam attack, India placed the Indus Waters Treaty under suspension—a significant shift in a treaty that has governed water sharing between the two nations since 1960. With six rivers under its control, India now holds leverage that could strain Pakistan's already fragile agrarian has been outspoken on Pakistan's internal threats long before the recent escalation. In a post on X, he questioned the legitimacy of allowing extremist outfits to flourish while maintaining a formal army. 'A terrorist attack in Pahalgam led India and Pakistan to the brink of total war. To avoid that in future, it is important to shut down Jihadi groups,' he wrote. 'With well-equipped armed forces, why does the country need Lashkar, Sipah, Jaish, and their Difa-e-Watan Council?'These comments were not made in isolation. They coincide with global concerns over Pakistan's nuclear safety. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently said Pakistan's nuclear weapons should be brought under international monitoring, specifically the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).Even Haqqani conceded that Pakistan's nuclear programme is technically sound and well-guarded. But the central question remains—what use is strategic deterrence if it coexists with illiteracy, poverty, and social fragmentation?Pakistan's leadership, according to Haqqani, needs to look inward. Until the country resolves its core contradictions—missiles in the skies and millions of children out of school—the promise of security will ring 2013, his message was seen as provocative. In 2025, it feels prophetic.
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First Post
2 days ago
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- First Post
'Modi is mistaken if...': Pahalgam plotter holds rally in Lahore, Pakistan's ISI officials & politicians cheer
Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Saifullah Kasuri, who was accused of being the main plotters of the Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir, reportedly made several inflammatory remarks against India and PM Modi at a Lahore rally which was attended by Pakistani establishment read more Saifullah Kasuri, one of the prominent Lashkar-e-Taiba commanders who was accused of plotting the devastating Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, reportedly made inflammatory remarks against India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Lahore . According to a report by The Times of India, the rally took place on Wednesday and Kasuri was flanked by Pakistani security forces, fellow terrorist commanders and officials of Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI, reflecting how close the Pakistani establishment is to terror groups in the country. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD According to TOI, during his rally, Kasuri boasted about the fame he witnessed following the attack. 'I have become more famous since being accused of the attack,' he gloated, as per the report. Kasuri was also sharing the stage with US-designated terrorist Talha Saeed, son of Lashkar chief Hafiz Saeed, along with Malik Ahmad Khan, who is the speaker of the Punjab assembly. During his address, Kasuri also lauded Pakistan's so-called Bunyan al-Marsoos operation, which was launched in retaliation for India's Operation Sindoor. More from World Trump administration sets daily goal of 3,000 immigrant arrests for federal agents 'Allah loves those who engage in jihad,' he said while Pakistan officials cheered. The speeches appeared to be meant to rally members of the jihadi outfit after India's successful precision strikes on the Lashkar headquarters in Muridke which killed several terrorists. In an apparent reference to PM Narendra Modi's remarks a few days ago, Kasuri said they were not afraid of bullets. Kasuri makes provocative remarks against PM Modi While spewing venom against India, Kasauri also made inflammatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 'Narendra Modi samajhta hai hum goliyon se darne wale hain? Ye uski bhool hai (Modi is mistaken if he thinks we are scared of bullets),' he said. The remarks were seen as the LeT terrorists' response to PM Modi's speech at the Bhuj rally earlier this week, in which he said that 'Pakistan should be ready to face India's bullets if it did not stop using terror as a weapon.' Earlier, Kasuri had claimed that he played no role in the Pahalgam terror attack that led to the death of 26 tourists in Kashmir. In his address, Kasuri also lauded Pakistan's cyber team for 'targeting' India's critical infrastructure of communications and railways, a claim which has already been proven wrong by the Indian authorities. In the past, Kasuri was the president of the Milli Muslim League and also served on the Jamaat-ud-Dawa's coordination committee, the 'charity' wing of Lashkar. Since the Pahalgam attack, the outfits have conducted several public rallies to gather funds in the name of supporting the so-called 'jihad in Kashmir,' TOI reported. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD
India Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Pakistan's terror nexus exposed: Ministers share stage with LeT commanders
In an alarming display of state complicity with terror, senior ministers of Pakistan's federal and Punjab governments were seen sharing the stage with some of India's most wanted terrorists during an event held in Kasur District, Punjab province, on May 28 — marked in Pakistan as Youm-e-Takbeer, commemorating its nuclear unfolded on that stage has raised serious concerns globally: Pakistan's Food Minister Malik Rasheed Ahmad Khan and Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan — both close confidantes of PM Shehbaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz — were seated alongside LeT-linked terrorists like Saifullah Kasuri, Talha Saeed (son of Hafiz Saeed) and Amir Hamza, spewing venom against India and glorifying terrorism. Ministers greet terrorists, call them 'symbols of Pakistan'advertisementRather than distancing themselves from extremist figures, the ministers personally welcomed the terrorists to the stage — embracing them, applauding them, and delivering speeches glorifying their role in what they described as 'defending Pakistan.' Minister Malik Rasheed openly declared that '24 crore Pakistanis are today represented by men like Hafiz Saeed and Saifullah Kasuri,' equating terror figures with national identity. He even announced that the Shehbaz Sharif government would offer a job to the brother of Mudasir, a Lashkar commander killed in India's airstrike on the group's Muridke calls himself famous post Pahalgam-attackOne of the most shocking appearances was that of Saifullah Kasuri, accused mastermind of the Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir, who had gone underground after the strike. In a 24-minute-long hate-filled speech, Kasuri proudly proclaimed, 'I was blamed for Pahalgam and now the whole world knows my name.'advertisementHis appearance confirms intelligence inputs that Kasuri had been sheltered by Pakistan's ISI in Bahawalpur, and his re-emergence in public alongside state ministers further validates India's longstanding accusation of official patronage to and videos from the event are now circulating widely, showcasing what many experts are calling 'visual proof of Pakistan's unholy alliance with terror outfits.' At the end of the program, when Kasuri began thanking individual ministers by name, security personnel were seen signaling the media to stop filming, further revealing the state's desire to hide — but inability to contain — its covert terror rants, Khalistani slogans echoIn what can only be described as dangerous provocation, Amir Hamza, Lashkar-e-Taiba co-founder and designated global terrorist, raised pro-Khalistan slogans from the stage. His presence and open speech signal a renewed effort by Pakistan's deep state and LeT to stoke separatism and unrest in India's Punjab. This confirms the growing ISI-LeT propaganda nexus, using state events and official platforms to launch ideological warfare against in Karachi and Rawalpindi, Hafiz Saeed's political front — the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML) — organised multiple rallies marking Youm-e-Takbeer. In Rawalpindi, the rally titled 'Ummah's Backbone, Strong Pakistan' moved from Press Club to Chandni Chowk. Several participants carried posters of Hafiz Saeed, Army Chief Asim Munir, and other senior defence officials — again blurring the lines between terror networks and the Pakistani India-Pakistan peace talks still hold ground?These developments pose an urgent question for India's policymakers: Can any peace process or dialogue proceed when Pakistan's ministers are seen embracing India's most wanted terrorists?The public glorification of terror, particularly of Saifullah Kasuri — linked to the Pahalgam massacre — is not only deeply offensive but a direct challenge to international norms on curtain drops in KasurThis is no longer about covert links or intelligence estimates. What happened in Kasur was caught on camera: senior Pakistani politicians embracing terror accused, giving them legitimacy, and allowing them to preach violence against India — all on a public the world needed visual evidence of Pakistan's state-terror symbiosis, May 28 delivered it loud and can no longer play victim while nurturing villains. The time for double-speak is InMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Operation Sindoor
Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Flanked by ISI men at Lahore rally, Pahalgam attack plotter says he is ‘more famous now'
Security personnel rush to the spot after terrorist attack in Pahalgam. (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander and one of the plotters of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack Saifullah Kasuri made inflammatory remarks against India at a rally in Lahore on Wednesday. Surrounded by Pakistani security forces, fellow terrorist commanders and officials of Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI, Kasuri seemed to relish the infamy he had attracted for the massacre of innocent civilians marked out on the basis of their faith. "I have become more famous since being accused of the attack," he gloated, as per information reaching here. Kasuri, who had earlier disclaimed responsibility for the slaughter in Pahalgam, was sharing the stage with US-designated terrorist Talha Saeed, son of Lashkar chief Hafiz Saeed , along with Malik Ahmad Khan, speaker of the Punjab assembly - something that once again laid bare Pakistan's claim of having taken action against terrorists. Talha publicly lauded Pakistan's so called Bunyan al-Marsoos operation, in retaliation to India's Operation Sindoor. "Allah loves those who engage in jihad," he said while Kasuri and others cheered. The speeches appeared to be meant to rally members of the jihadi outfit after India's successful precision strikes on the Lashkar headquarters in Muridke which killed several terrorists. In an apparent reference to PM Narendra Modi's remarks a few days ago, Kasuri said they were not afraid of bullets. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like My 4-year-old's little tummy pain led to liver failure! Donate For Health Donate Now Undo "Narendra Modi samajhta hai hum goliyon se darne wale hain? Ye uski bhool hai (Modi is mistaken if he thinks we are scared of bullets)," he said. Addressing at a rally at Bhuj earlier this week, the PM had said Pakistan should be ready to face India's bullets if it did not stop using terror as a weapon. Kasuri had earlier claimed that he had no role to play in the Pahalgam carnage. On Wednesday, he was all fire and brimstone. While claiming that Pakistan had avenged the 1971 war and the vivisection of Pakistan by the then PM Indira Gandhi, Kasuri went on to praise Pakistan's cyber team for 'targeting' India's critical infrastructure pertaining to communications and railways. During the rally, he also referenced the upcoming elections and asked the people of Kasur (his hometown) if they'd support him running against Modi in the next election. He styled himself as a thorn in India's side. "Main rehta hun Hindustan ke dil me kaante ki tarah. Apne rab ka shukr karta hu. Agla election Modi ke muqable mai na lad lun," he said. He also said that India had tried a lot to isolate Pakistan and specific individuals, but now it was they who stood isolated. Kasuri was spotted in Kanganpur army base in Punjab in the run-up to the Pahalgam attack where he exhorted Pakistani soldiers and spewed venom against India. On Hafiz Saeed's instructions, Kasuri, Talha and Sheikh Sajjad Gul of The Resistance Front are learned to have sent in highly trained terrorists for a "spectacular attack' in Pahalgam. Kasuri, who was earlier president of Milli Muslim League, was also part of Jamaat-ud-Dawa's coordination committee, the 'charity' wing of Lashkar. Since the Pahalgam attack, the outfits have intensified public rallies to gather funds in the name of supporting the jihad in Kashmir.
