Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Indo-Pak relations would remain tense till the general elections in India are over, adding he feared “another misadventure” by the country’s eastern neighbour.
Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after theFebruary 14 attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pulwama.
Amid mounting outrage, the Indian Air Force carried out acounter-militancy operation, hitting what it said was a JeM training camp inBalakot, deep inside Pakistan on February 26. The next day, Pakistan Air Forceretaliated and downed a MiG-21 in an aerial combat and captured an Indianpilot, who was handed over to India later.
Khan said shadows of war were still hovering over Pakistanand India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration could go for”another misadventure” before the general elections.
“The danger is not over. The situation will remain tensetill forthcoming general elections in India. We are already prepared to avertany aggression from India,” Dawn quoted Khan as saying.
Khan also claimed that he cancelled his scheduled meetingwith the Taliban in Islamabad due to “concerns” expressed by the Afghangovernment.
The Taliban last month said that its representatives wouldvisit Islamabad to meet Prime Minister Khan on February 18.
Media reports later suggested that the Taliban called off the meeting as most of the members of their negotiating team could not travel to Pakistan due to sanctions imposed on them by the US and the United Nations.