February 28
Pakistan on Thursday said that the prime minister of the country, Imran Khan is ready to speak to his Indian counter part, Narendra Modi.
Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and its Army had maintained that war is not the solution to any of the issue. “In fact, it is the failure of Government and its policy,” they had said.
The Foreign Minister Shah Mohammed Qureshi said that they would decide on the status of IAF pilot in a couple of days.
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“We will decide in a couple of days what convention will apply to the captured pilot and whether to give him Prisoner of War (POW) status or not,” Dawn.com reported the foreign ministry office as having said.
The Army, Air Force and Navy will address a joint conference in New Delhi at 5 pm, the Ministry of Indian External Affairs will also join them.
A clarity on the captured IAF pilot is expected in the joint briefing as there as been no official word from the government on his situation, while Opposition has been slamming PM Modi for campaigning amid tense situation between India and Pakistan.
Tensions between the two nations have seen a surge since the Pulwama attack that lead to killing of 49 CRPF men, India on Tuesday said that it conducted ‘pre-emptive’ strikes on Jaish Mohammad camp inside Pakistan territory.
While on Wednesday Pakistan claimed to have downed two IAF jets while arresting one pilot.
The Pilot was later identified as Abhinandan from down South of India, the general public has been seeking his release and asking Pakistan to return the arrested pilot.
What remains to be seen is how does the Indian prime minister respond to Imran Khan’s offer of talks.