KEY POINTS
- Journalist’s mic cut for questioning PM Shehbaz’s silence amid India-Pak tensions
- Asked why PM hasn’t addressed nation post-Pahalgam attack
- Deputy PM said PM active since April 23 return from Turkey
A Pakistani journalist’s mic was switched off following he dared to ask where was his Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at a crucial time when tensions are high with India as New Delhi plans to punish terror perpetrators and their backers who were behind the Pahalgam terror attack. Dunia News reporter Syed Zafar Hussain asked the question to Deputy Prime Minister and other government officials during a presser in Islamabad.
The reporter began by saying, “I am from Dunia News and my questions is to the Deputy Prime Minster. You are a politician, so let me ask you some political questions as well.” From the past one and a half week, this whole situation (India-Pakistan tension) has been going on. I would like to know where is our Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.”
“Where is Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, We don’t see him anywhere in the front. He’s the leader of the nation, shouldn’t he come forward and lead their people” Hussain asked. The journalist further said the Prime Minister must get his peoples’ trust, talk and tell us what’s going on. How the government wants to deal with this whole situation. This issue of war between two countries is not a small matter, he said.
As the journalist was still speaking, his mike appeared to cut off. After a gap of few second, Pakistani’s Deputy Prime Minister responded to the reporter and said, “Political statement well taken, let me answer that PM Shehbaz Sharif right from his arrival from Ankara on April 23 to Islamabad has been in touch throughout.” The very next morning after his arrival from Ankara, he chaired the National Security Committee. He also had series of interactions with the NSC, Pakistan’s Deputy PM Muhammad Ishaq Dar said.
Dar further questioned the reporter saying he was amazed that he (journalist) had no idea about this or he’s been watching only the Indian channels. PM Shehbaz Sharif is leading from the front and both military and civil leadership under his chairmanship has been working day and night.
Moreover, the political situation in Pakistan has never been easy going and the present situation in Jammu & Kashmir is a major concern as the innocents have been killed. In the past 17 years, several terrorist attacks around the world have followed a disturbing pattern. Armed groups, claiming to act in the name of Islam, have carried out brutal attacks where victims were selected based on their religion. In each of these shocking incidents, non-Muslims were specifically targeted and killed, while Muslims were either spared or released. These crimes were not just acts of violence, they were deliberate, planned actions aimed at spreading fear among people of other religions.
Pahalgam Terror Attack
In a horrifying and heart-wrenching incident, 26 Hindu pilgrims were killed in a brutal terrorist attack on April 22, 2025, in the Pir Panjal region of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. This planned and targeted massacre has shaken the entire nation. According to reports, the terrorists ambushed the group and separated them based on their religion. Eyewitnesses said the victims were forced to recite Islamic prayers, and those who failed or resisted were shot dead mercilessly.
Among the dead were men, women, and even children. This act of inhuman violence has left the country outraged and heartbroken. Seventeen other people were injured in the attack, some of them critically. Families have been destroyed, and a sense of fear has returned to the region that was already battling years of terror threats.
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