A Pakistani politician from jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has revealed what he plans to do in the event of a war with India.
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Sher Afzal Khan Marwat, a Member of Parliament and an advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan, was asked by a journalist if he would pick up a gun and fight on the frontline if war broke out.
“If war breaks out, I will go to England,” Marwat replied.
The journalist then asked Marwat if India should take a step back to de-escalate tensions with Pakistan.
“Is Modi my aunt’s son that he will step back just because I say so?” The PTI spokesperson responded.
Tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours are high after terrorists with cross-border linkages shot dead 26 male tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22.
‘Pakistan’s army generals and ministers in panic’
Meanwhile, in India, Pradeep Bhandari, spokesperson of the ruling BJP said most of Pakistan army generals and ministers had already booked their tickets to leave their country, as they were in “panic” over India’s future military response to the Pahalgam massacre.
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“Pakistan’s ministers have accepted that India under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership isn’t going to stop, and they are so afraid that their ministers say they will go to England once India gives them a befitting response,” Bhandari said.
“There is a consensus in Pakistan that it cannot match India’s defence capabilities. The people of Pakistan and the entire world know that under the leadership of PM Modi, India is going to deliver a befitting reply to Pakistan,” he added.
