Pakistan foiled India, Israel’s plan to attack by warning of severe retaliation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan had learnt of a joint plan by India and Israel to attack and warned of severe retaliation, high-level sources on Monday informed senior journalist and host of Geo News’ Capital Talk Hamid Mir.

“High-level sources have informed us that there was a plan to attack 7-8 places in Pakistan from a base in Rajasthan, India. Pakistan had learnt that Israel was helping India in this plan and this was a joint plan of these countries,” Mir told Geo News.

The senior journalist added that after learning of this attack, Pakistan’s security agencies warned their counterparts in India that Islamabad was ready and if there would be an attack the magnitude of Pakistan’s response would be thrice as much.

Prior to these events, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan in Parliament had announced the country’s decision to release captured Indian pilot Abhinandan.

High-level sources also informed Hamid Mir of a second attack by Indian to attack Pakistan with missiles. To foil this attack Pakistan had sent a message to India via third countries that if there was an attack there would be a strong response.

During his address in Parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Imran Khan also pointed out that there were threats of a missile attack the previous night and Pakistan’s forces were fully prepared to retaliate, but the situation was defused.

Mir said at the present there was no direct contact between Islamabad and New Delhi, but indirectly there had been contact between personalities from both countries. “High-level government sources have told us that security agencies of Pakistan and India remain in contact despite the tension. There was also contact on the night of February 27-28,” Mir added.

‘Threats of India carrying out terrorist attack in Karachi, Bahawalpur’

The senior journalist also spoke on his high-level government sources informing him of threats of India carrying out a terrorist attack in Karachi and Bahawalpur. “High-level officials think that the tension at the LoC has deteriorated, however, Bahawalpur and Karachi are on the target of India. It is possible that they [India] will not cross the international border but have a terrorist attack carried out in these two cities. This information has been shared with friendly countries,” Mir added.

The senior journalist further said that although tension had decreased, Pakistan’s Armed Forces and security agencies remained on high-alert. “The situation changed after Pakistan released the Indian pilot and Islamabad received support on the diplomatic level.”

According to Hamid Mir, first it was only Saudi Arabia, Turkey and US which were involved but over the last two days, the role of British Prime Minister Theresa May in defusing the tension had been immense.

“Friendly countries and international players have been informed by Pakistan that the country’s actions show we want peace and have given proof of this by releasing the Indian pilot and now Modi needs to take steps that show India also wants peace,” Mir said.

Speaking on the Indian dossier on Pulwama attack, Mir said the dossier did not contain any actionable evidence on the basis of which Pakistan could take action against JeM or Masood Azhar. According to Mir’s high-level sources, the government in December 2018 had decided on a plan to bring banned organisations into the mainstream by taking over their madrassahs and inducting members into security forces.

 

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