In Pakistan, You Get Rewarded For Promoting Terrorism: Shashi Tharoor

Congress chief Shashi Tharoor has sharply criticised Pakistan for its remedy of Dr. Shakil Afridi, the doctor who helped the USA find and do away with Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, responding to a publish by way of US Congressman Brad Sherman who instructed a visiting Pakistani delegation to press for Dr. Afridi’s unencumber. 

Taking to social media platform X, Sherman wrote, “I urged the Pakistani delegation to relay to their government the need to free Dr. Shakil Afridi, who continues to languish in prison for helping the United States kill Osama Bin Laden. Freeing Dr. Afridi represents an important step in bringing closure for victims of 9/11.”

Reacting to the commentary, Tharoor, who’s these days main an All-Party Parliamentary Delegation from India to the USA, stated: “A welcome reminder by Rep. @BradSherman that Pakistan is the country that not only sheltered terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden (in a safe house near an army camp in a cantonment city!) but also arrested and punished the brave doctor who identified his location for the Americans. In Pakistan you are rewarded for promoting terrorism and persecuted for exposing terrorists!”

Dr Shakil Afridi is a Pakistani physician who helped the USA Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in search of al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden.

Afridi served because the senior well being legit of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. In 2008, he was once kidnapped by way of Mangal Bagh, a bus motive force became commander of a Pakistani militant staff, Lashkar-e-Islam.

The Indian delegation in the USA additionally paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at his statue reverse the Indian Embassy in Washington, proceeding a practice noticed in the entire international locations visited.

“Once again, as in all the countries the delegation visited, we were able to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi at his statue opposite the Embassy in Washington DC,” Tharoor posted.

He additional famous, “It is striking how many world capitals are adorned with statues or busts of the Mahatma, the 20th century’s greatest apostle of peace, nonviolence, and human freedom.”

Earlier, the delegation held an important assembly with US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau. The Indian Embassy in Washington shared the replace at the social media platform X, mentioning:

“The All Party Parliamentary delegation led by Dr. @ShashiTharoor had a warm and candid conversation with US Deputy Secretary of State @DeputySecState today. The Indian Delegation briefed him on the atrocities of the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor,” the embassy posted.

Earlier on Thursday, the Delegation had an “excellent meeting” with United States Vice President J.D. Vance in Washington, briefing him about Operation Sindoor, terrorism confronted by way of India, and regional safety.