The recent terror attack in Pulwama has increased the tension between India and Pakistan. On Thursday last week, the Indian army lost 44 CRPF troops after an attack in Pulwama, which was done by Pakistan-based terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammad. Since then, Pakistan is receiving some lash for this incident.
Now, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan released a statement over Pulwama attack and said India should stop blaming Pakistan without any evidence and they will retaliate if India attacks them. Also, he mentioned that Pakistan doesn’t want and support terrorism.
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Addressing the media, Imran Khan said “If India retaliates; we will not think and retaliate back. If you (Indian govt) think you will attack us and we will not think of retaliating… we will retaliate. It is easy to start a war but difficult to end it. I want to ask India if they want to live in the past. It’s not in our interests that somebody from here goes out to do terrorism, nor that somebody comes here and does terrorism.”
Meanwhile, former Pakistani skipper Shahid Afridi jumped into this debate and backed Khan’s statement. Afridi has been very vocal about the Kashmir dispute between both nations and didn’t hold himself back in expressing himself on this matter. On Twitter, he replied on Government of Pakistan’s tweet stating Imran Khan’s word and wrote “Absolutely crystal & clear”.
See the Tweet;
Absolutely crystal&Clear🇵🇰 https://t.co/AUc79pHvfO
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) February 19, 2019
Recently, Afridi was asked by one of the reporters to react on Gautam Gambhir’s statement after one of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Afridi, then, had avoided commenting on the issue and turned a deaf ear to the question. It remains to be seen now if the Indian Government responds to Imran Khan’s statement.
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The tension between both countries rose to a new high. India’s cricket websites have stopped the coverage of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) and removed it from their data. Moreover, there are talks to boycott match against Pakistan in the forthcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England.
