NEW DELHI: In yet one more weird assertion, Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif has claimed that if war breaks out with India, madrasa students would function Pakistan’s second line of defence.While addressing Parliament, Asif stated that students of madrasa can be deployed when wanted.“As far as madrasa and their students are concerned, there is no doubt that they are our second line of defence,” Asif stated.
“The youth who study there are well connected with the religion … they can be used 100% for the city or for other needs,” he addedThis comes a day after Asif deflected blame from the failure of Pakistan’s armed forces to intercept Indian drones. He claimed that Pakistani forces intentionally averted engagement to forestall revealing strategic army positions to the enemy.“The drone attack that happened yesterday was basically carried out to detect our locations. This is a technical matter which I won’t explain in detail,” Asif stated.“And that is why they were not intercepted — so that our locations are not leaked,” he added.Before this Asif had confronted criticism for failing to offer credible proof supporting his declare that Pakistan had shot down 5 Indian jets throughout India’s Operation Sindoor. When pressed for particulars throughout an interview, Asif cited “social media” as his supply—prompting a pointy rebuke from a CNN anchor, who reminded him that social media was not a dependable foundation for army claims.“It’s all over social media—on Indian social media, not on ours. The debris of these jets fell into Kashmir,” Asif asserted.When additional questioned concerning the army techniques allegedly used in the downing of the plane, Asif sidestepped the problem by referring to Pakistan’s fleet of Chinese-manufactured plane, together with JF-17 and JF-10 jets.“We have Chinese planes—JF-17 and JF-10. They are Chinese planes, but they’re now assembled and manufactured in Pakistan. We have a facility near Islamabad for that. If India can buy planes from France and use them, we can buy planes from China, Russia, the United States, or the UK and use them,” he stated.This comes as Indian on Saturday carried out retaliatory precision strikes at recognized army targets in Pakistan after Islamabad fired a number of high-speed missiles at Indian air bases.Border Security Force additionally destroyed a terrorist launch pad Sialkot’s Looni after Pakistan initiated unprovoked firing on BSF posts in the Jammu Sector.“After Pakistan deliberately targeted air bases, Indian armed forces took a quick and well-planned retaliatory action and targeted technical installations, command & control centres, radar sites and arms store.Pakistan military bases at Rafiqui, Murid, Chaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur and Chunian were targeted through air launch, precision ammunition and fighter jets,” Colonel Sofiya Qureshi stated at a particular authorities briefing on Operation Sindoor.Radar website in Pasrur and aviation base in Sialkot have been additionally focused with precision ammunition. During these actions, India ensured minimal collateral injury and losses,” she added.
