Pakistan Minister Denies Presence Of Terror Camps On Its Soil; News Anchor Counters
Amid the ongoing border tension between India and Pakistan, on a live program on the UK’s Sky News, Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tatar denies the presence of terrorist camps in Pakistan. While speaking on the News platform, Pakistan’s minister said that Pakistan is a victim of terrorism.
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“We are fighting terror on our western borders. We are the frontline state actor fighting against terrorism. We have given out 90,000 lives in the fight against terrorism. India, on the other hand, did not condemn the Jaffar Express attack and has been supporting terrorism by assassinating seeks in the US, Canada, and Australia. We have captured Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav”.
“There are no terrorist camps in Pakistan,” says Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tatar.
I spoke to him as India fired missiles into Pakistani-controlled territory in several locations early Wednesday. India says it is targeting “terrorist infrastructure”. pic.twitter.com/3ZOEww5dkK
— Yalda Hakim (@SkyYaldaHakim) May 7, 2025
Interrupting Pakistan’s Minister, Yalda Hakim, the Sky News Anchor said, “Just a week ago, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif admitted that Pakistan has a policy of funding, backing and using terrorist groups as a proxy. Even in 2018, President Donald Trump cut grants to Pakistan on account of playing a double game.
So, when you say that Pakistan has no terror camps, it goes against what Parvez Musharaf, Benazeer Bhutto, and your defence minister have said a few weeks ago on my program”, Ms Hakim added.
She also mentioned Bilawal Bhutto’s statement about ‘terrorism being a part of Pakistan’s history’.
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To this, the Tatar said that Pakistan has been a frontline defender against terrorism after 9/11 and a guarantor of world peace. While on his invitation to Pakistan to look at the situation, Ms Hakim mentioned that Osama Bin Laden was also discovered in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Today, on May 9, 2025 India launched restricted attacks on Pakistan’s 9 terrorists hotspots under the ‘Operation Sindoor’ which Pakistan has called the violation of its soverignty and territorial integrity.
As per the reports, the coutnerstrike left more than 60 terrorists injured across the 9 target locations, in Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Bahawalpur, Rawalakot, Chakswari, Bhimber, Neelum Valley, Jhelum, and Chakwal.
Pakistan has said that at least 9 civilian casualties have taken place and 8 were injured with two missing. As per the Indian government sources, the collateral damage was minimised through precision targeting. However, some other sources mentioned 26 causulaties in Pakistan and 46 wounded.
While on Indian side at least 10 civilians were killed and 45 others injured in the worst-hit Poonch district after after the Pakistani army resorted to heavy and indiscriminate shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border early Wednesday morning, officials said.
Pakistan also claimed to shot down 5 India’s advanced fighter jets including 3 Rafale jets and 1 heavy UAV.
