Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said Islamabad was ready for ‘neutral investigation’ into the terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people.
“Pakistan is open to participating in any neutral, transparent and credible investigation,” Sharif said during a ceremony at a military academy in Abbottabad.
But he also asserted that Pakistani forces remain “fully capable and prepared to defend the country’s sovereignty and its territorial integrity against any misadventure as clearly demonstrated by its measured yet resolute response to India’s reckless incursion in February 2019.”
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His comments come after Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Islamabad was “ready to cooperate” with any investigation conducted by “international inspectors”. The defence minister had told this to the New York Times.
Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday demolished the house of several terrorists in the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. According to reports, the house of Shahid Ahmed Kuttey was demolished in Shopian’s Chotipora village by the security forces.
Reports also claimed that the law enforcement authorities razed the homes of three terrorists on Friday night. These houses were in Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama. Earlier, the houses of two Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists were demolished.
Reports claimed that the security forces were conducting searches inside the houses of two LeT terrorists Adil Hussain Thoker and Asif Sheikh. At that time, the explosives already kept inside the houses went off, reported the Hindustan Times.
Adil had illegally travelled to Pakistan in 2018. He had reportedly received terror training in Pakistan. He returned to Jammu and Kashmir last year.
The house of Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist Haris Ahmad was destroyed in a blast in the Kachipora area of Pulwama. Ahmad had been active since 2023. The security forces also demolished the house of Ahsan ul Haq Sheikh. According to reports, Sheikh had been trained in Pakistan in 2018. He had re-entered the Kashmir Valley.
