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Last Updated:May 08, 2025, 19:52 IST
Despite global support for India's right to retaliate and defend its territorial integrity after the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan is intensifying efforts to portray itself as a victim
Former US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley | File Image
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, bashed Pakistan on Thursday over the Pahalgam terror attack, saying that Islamabad would no longer be able to play the victim card amid India’s strikes on terror hubs in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Under ‘Operation Sindoor’, India launched military strikes targeting sites linked to terror groups, including Jaish and Lashkar, in Pakistan and PoK. Earlier today, the Indian military neutralised Pakistani Air Defence Radars in several locations, including Lahore.
“Terrorists launched an attack that killed dozens of Indian citizens. India had every right to retaliate and defend itself. Pakistan does not get to play the victim. No country gets a pass for supporting terrorist activity," said Haley in an X post.
Terrorists launched an attack that killed dozens of Indian citizens. India had every right to retaliate and defend itself.Pakistan does not get to play the victim. No country gets a pass for supporting terrorist activity.
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) May 8, 2025
Despite global support for India’s right to retaliate and defend its territorial integrity after the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan is intensifying efforts to portray itself as a victim by publicising false narratives that civilians were targeted during ‘Operation Sindoor’.
The Ministry of Defence said that Indian Armed Forces struck nine terror bases in Pakistan and PoK, from where terrorist attacks against India were orchestrated, under the codename ‘Operation Sindoor’.
India maintained that only terror hideouts, and no Pakistani military installations, or civilians were targeted. “Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature… India has demonstrated considerable restraint in the selection of targets and method of execution," the government said in a statement.
The government again on Thursday dismissed the Pakistan government’s claims that civilians were targeted in strikes, saying: “The individuals eliminated at these facilities were terrorists. Giving terrorists state funerals, maybe a practice in Pakistan."
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri further noted that if only civilians were killed in the attacks, “I wonder what message this picture (of State funerals) actually sends to all of you. This is a question that is worth asking".
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