‘Lipstick On A Pig…’: Former US Official Compares Pak Military Chief To Osama Bin Laden, Calls for Terror Tag For Pakistan

Rubin stated, “The one response that america ought to take is a proper designation of Pakistan as a state sponsor of terror and a designation of Asim Munir as a terrorist. The one distinction between Osama Bin Laden and Asim Munir is that Osama Bin Laden lived in a cave and Asim Munir lives in a palace, however past that, the 2 are the identical, and their finish also needs to be the identical.”

Rubin used the phrase “lipstick on a pig” to stress that the Pahalgam assault shouldn’t be portrayed as a spontaneous act.

Rubin additional in contrast the October 7 Hamas assault in Israel to the terrorist strike in Pahalgam, stating that each incidents focused harmless civilians-liberal Jews in Israel and middle-class Hindus in India.

“That’s precisely what went on when October 7, 2023, Hamas assault on Israel. It was directed particularly in opposition to Jews and never solely in opposition to Jews, however among the many most liberal Jews who had been most susceptible to wanting peace and normalcy with the Gaza Strip,” he stated.

“Concentrating on a trip resort, middle-class Hindus, it’s evident that the Pakistanis are attempting the identical tactic now. It ought to be no extra profitable for Pakistan than it was for Hamas. And admittedly, it is now the obligation of India to do to Pakistan and to Pakistan’s ISI what Israel did to Hamas. It is time to wipe out the management of the ISI to deal with them as a delegated terror group and demand that each nation that’s an ally of India, each nation that’s an ally of the world’s largest democracy, do the identical,” Rubin added.

26 folks had been killed on Tuesday, April 22, after terrorists opened hearth at a preferred vacationer spot close to Kashmir’s Pahalgam city, in what’s the deadliest assault within the valley since 2019. The assault hits on the coronary heart of valley’s tourism sector, which has been exhibiting fixed progress and was being dubbed as essentially the most vital indicator of normalcy.

The assault website, Baisaran pine forest, is an expansive meadow ringed by dense pine forests and mountains. Terrorists got here into the grassland, dubbed ‘mini Switzerland’, and began firing at vacationers milling round eateries, taking pony rides or simply picnicking, officers and eyewitnesses stated. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who returned to Delhi slicing quick his Saudi go to, assured that these “behind this heinous act shall be dropped at justice.”

Centre To Maintain All-Celebration Meet Right this moment

1. The general energy of the Pakistani and Indian excessive commissions shall be introduced all the way down to 30 from the current 55 by way of additional reductions, to be effected by Could 1.

2. Pakistani nationals won’t be permitted to journey to India below the SAARC visa exemption scheme (SVES) and any Pakistani nationwide at the moment in India below it SVES visa has 48 hours to depart India.

3. The CCS determined that the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 shall be held in abeyance with quick impact till Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its assist for cross-border terrorism, Misri stated. The Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Financial institution to share the waters of cross-border rivers, is taken into account to be essentially the most sturdy pact between the 2 sides.

4. The built-in Attari-Wagah checkpost shall be closed with quick impact. It’s the solely operational land border crossing between the 2 nations. Misri stated that those that have crossed over with legitimate endorsements might return by way of that route earlier than Could 1.

5. India shall be withdrawing its Defence, Navy and Air advisors from the Indian Excessive Fee in Islamabad. The CCS additionally determined that the DEfence, Navy, Naval and Air advisors within the Pakistani Excessive Fee in Delhi shall be declared persona non grata. They’ve one week time to depart India.