'COAS Bajwa was trembling', Pak leader recalls the meet before releasing IAF pilot Abhinandan

Islamabad, Oct 29: In a shocking statement, a Pakistan MP has claimed that Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa's "legs were shaking" while Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told the meeting of parliamentary leaders that India was about to attack their country as he remembered the events of February 2019 meeting during which Imran Khan government decided to release Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman.

 

 

Ayaz Sadiq, Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader, in his speech in the National Assembly, said that Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had highlighted in an important meeting that if Pakistan did not release Abhinandan Varthaman, India would attack Pakistan “that night by 9 pm.”

 

The PML-N leader told opposition leaders that Qureshi in a meeting with the parliamentary leaders, including PPP and PML-N and Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, had asked for Abhinandan to be let free.

 

“I remember Shah Mahmood Qureshi was in the meeting in which Imran Khan had refused to attend and Chief of Army Staff General Bajwa came into the room, his legs were shaking and he was perspiring. Foreign Minister said for God’s sake let Abhinandan go, India’s about to attack Pakistan at 9 PM”, Sadiq recounted the events of the important meeting.

 

Dunya News further quoted Sadiq as saying that the opposition has supported the government in all issues including Abhinandan but will not be able to further support it.

 

The IAF Wing Commander was in headlines after he shot down a Pakistani aircraft F-16, which had transgressed into the Indian airspace during a conflict between Indian and Pakistani air force on February 27, 2019, but in the process, his plane crossed over to the Pakistani side and was shot down.

 

However, Abhinandan was returned to India from the Attari-Wagah border on March 1, 2019. He has been awarded the Vir Chakra on Independence Day by President Ram Nath Kovind for his exemplary bravery.