Pahalgam aftermath | After India turned the heat on Pakistan for its ‘role’ in Pahalgam terror attack, Pak leaders turn to rhetorics   

Agencies Islamabad

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday expressed the country's readiness to participate in any "neutral, transparent and credible" investigation into the Pahalgam terror attack which has brought both countries on the verge of an all-out confrontation. PM Shehhaz made this offer while addressing the passing out parade at the Pakistan Military Academy (PML) in Kakul, Abbottabad.

"Pakistan is open to participate in any neutral, transparent and credible investigation," he said terming India's allegations of Pakistan's involvement in cross-border terrorism that led to the tragic Pahalgam incident, as baseless.

Bilawal engages in empty rhetoric 

Following the deadly Pahalgam terror attack, India took a firm step by announcing the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. In response, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari resorted to empty rhetoric in a speech during a public rally.

While addressing a public gathering in Sukkur on Friday, Zardari stated, "The brave people of Sukkur have sent a clear message by participating in the rally that we will not allow anyone to bargain over the Indus...The Modi government is unilaterally suspending the Indus Water Treaty...but I want to stand by the Indus River in Sukkur and give a clear message to India that the Indus River is ours and will remain ours, either our water will flow from this Indus or your blood."  A day earlier, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khwaja Asif had admitted that his country has been funding and backing terrorist groups.

Munir again harps on two-nation theory  

Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir on Saturday highlighted the 'two-nation theory', stating that Muslims and Hindus are two different nations. Munir's remarks came almost a week after he had described Kashmir as Pakistan's "jugular vein" during a diaspora event and asked overseas Pakistanis to pass on the country's story to their children, emphasising that their forefathers believed Hindus and Muslims were different in every possible aspect of life.