Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called the pilot's release a "peace gesture".
Wing Commander Abhinandan Vardhaman, the Indian Air Force pilot who is in Pakistani custody after an air skirmish on the border on Wednesday, will be released on Friday.
The announcement was made by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, a little after 4:30 pm. He called the pilot’s release a “peace gesture”.
Indian government sources strenuously denied these claims, calling them “manufactured news” by Pakistan to create a “war psychosis”.
India has not yet responded to Khan’s claim that he tried to call Prime Minister Narendra Modi last night. But earlier in the day, Pakistan’s foreign minister had also sad that Khan was ready to speak with Modi. When asked about this offer for a phone call, Indian sources had said that Pakistan had to prepare the right atmosphere.
India had called for the “immediate and safe return” of the Indian pilot, identified as Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, and termed the circulation of videos showing his “capture” by Pakistan as a violation of international law and in contravention of the Geneva Conventions.
Source : The Wire
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