New Delhi: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Thursday tore apart Pakistan in a press conference and showed picture of personnel belong to the Pakistani Army attending the funeral of three terrorists who were killed by the Indian Armed Forces during ‘Operation Sindoor’. He pointed out it is “odd that the funerals of civilians are carried out with the coffins being draped in Pakistani flags and state honours being accorded”. He made the remark during the press conference of the Ministry of External Affairs.
On May 7, India carried out ‘Operation Sindoor’ at nine locations across Pakistan and LOC and destroyed several terrorist camps along with eliminating over 100 terrorists. The attack was a retaliation to the heinous Pahalgam massacre by the terrorists on April 22 that killed 26 civilians. India confirmed that several terror targets were killed in the strikes, while Pakistan claimed India killed civilians in the operation.
Vikram Misri attacks Pakistan over funeral
During the press conference, Vikram Misri showed a picture which has now become viral. In the picture, Pakistan Army personnel can be seen attending the funeral of three terrorists killed during Operation Sindoor. Misri said, “We have made the point very clearly that all attacks on the morning of May 7 were against carefully selected terrorist infrastructure, terrorist targets. In fact, seeing some of the coverage of the after effects of these strikes, including the funerals for the terrorists that are held yesterday, I think a lot of you have seen the reports and the coverage on media”.
He added, “If only civilians, if any civilians were killed in these attacks, I wonder what message this picture actually sends to all of you. This is a question that is worth asking. It’s also odd that the funerals of civilians are carried out with the coffins being draped in Pakistani flags and state honours being accorded. As far as we are concerned, individuals eliminated at these facilities were terrorists, giving terrorists, state funerals, maybe a practice in Pakistan. It doesn’t seem to make much sense to us.” The funeral was held in Muridke on Wednesday. The place is around 40 kilometers from Lahore and as per news agency PTI, the funeral was also attended by Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) members, the banned organisation led by Hafiz Saeed.
During the press conference, Misri also refuted Pakistan’s claim that India deliberately attacked religious sites. He said, “I have made it clear that the targets were terrorist infrastructure, terrorist facilities, and locations connected clearly with incidents of cross monet terrorism into India. And it is, in fact, Pakistan that is misusing religious sites as a cover to, in fact, radicalise, direct and indoctrinate and train terrorists.”
