ASIM MUNIR TOLD PAKISTAN DIASPORA ON THAT HAD NO POLITICAL AMBITIONS

Asim Munir told Pakistan diaspora on August 11 that he had no political ambitions Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir has landed in a soup after falsely boasting at a diaspora event in Belgium that India was “forced to beg for a ceasefire” during the recent India–Pakistan conflict and that US President Donald Trump had to step in to mediate.The claims are in sharp contrast to the facts that Indian government presented after Operation Sindoor. The ceasefire between the two neighbours was achieved after DGMO-level talks and the United States did not mediate.Fact is that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at 9.38 am on May 10 saying that Pakistanis were asking for a ceasefire. This was after India took down Nur Khan air base with BrahMos and SCALP missiles. After hearing Secretary Rubio, Jaishankar made it clear that ceasefire proposal had to come from Pak DGMO through established channel if Rawalpindi was serious about it.

Munir’s remarks were made on August 11 at a closed-door felicitation organised by the Overseas Pakistani Foundation at Groot-Bijgarden Castle near Brussels which was attended by around 500 members of the Pakistani community from across Europe. Invitees were barred from carrying mobile phones or recording devices.