Pahalgam attack: ‘Pakistan's past is no secret,’ says Bilawal Bhutto after defence minister’s ‘funding’ terror remark
- On April 22, 2024, a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, killed 26 people, mostly tourists, escalating India-Pakistan tensions.
- The attack followed decades of Pakistan’s admitted involvement in supporting terrorism, as acknowledged by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari spoke on May 1, 2024, admitting Pakistan’s troubled past with extremism but highlighted internal reforms and urged India to provide concrete evidence linking Pakistan to the Pahalgam attack.
- Khawaja Asif stated Pakistan performed "dirty work" supporting terrorism for the US and others for about three decades, calling it a mistake for which Pakistan has suffered.
- Following the attack, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, downgraded diplomatic relations, and closed the Attari border post, indicating heightened bilateral strain amid ongoing conflict.
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'Pak Has History with Extremist Groups, as a Result We Suffered': Bilawal
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. London/ Pakistan has a past with extremist groups and suffered because of this, Pakistan Peoples Party chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said while answering a question on Islamabad backing terror outfits. World News | 'Pak Has History with Extremist Groups, as a Result We Suffered': Bilawal.
Don't think it's a secret: Bilawal Bhutto on Pakistan's links with terror groups
Bilawal Bhutto's remarks came during an interview with Sky News, where he responded to a question regarding earlier comments by Pakistan's Defence Minister Khwaja Asif on the country's link to terror groups.
‘Not a secret’: Bilawal Bhutto repeats what Pak defence minister said about sheltering terrorists
Days after Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitted to sheltering terrorists, former Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that 'it's not a secret' that Pakistan has sheltered terrorists
Pahalgam attack: ‘Pakistan's past is no secret,’ says Bilawal Bhutto after defence minister’s ‘funding’ terror remark
Pahalgam Attack: Bhutto's remarks came after the country's Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, in an earlier interview, admitted that Pakistan as a country had been ‘ funding’ terrorism for three decades.
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