AIMIM Burns Pakistan Flag In Protest Against Pahalgam Terror Attack

Condemning the Pahalgam terror attack, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) staged demonstrations against Pakistan and burnt the Pakistan national flag on Friday in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.

Former MP Imtiyaaz Jaleel led the agitation. Initially, tributes were paid to the martyrs of the terror attack. The participants then shouted slogans against Pakistan and on Hindu-Muslim unity.

State secretary Sajid Builder, former city chief Sharif Nakshbandi, Jameer Quadri, youth city president Mohamad Usara Doctor, Kunal Kharat, Vikas Edke, Rafiq Shaikh, Haji Istaf Patel, Adv Patel, Shaikh Shoaib, Rafat Yar Khan, Wajed Jahangirdar, Ankita Gajhans, Johara Khan and others were present. 

The terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on tourists killed 26 people, mostly tourists, including one Nepalese national, who were brutally gunned down. The incident happened around 2 pm at Baisaran meadow, near the popular tourist town of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the region since the 2019 Pulwama strike, which claimed the lives of 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans.

Following the incident, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) teams, stationed at the Pahalgam terror attack site since April 23, have intensified the search for evidence.

The teams, led by an IG, DIG, and SP from the anti-terror agency, are questioning eyewitnesses who observed the April 22 attack.

Additionally, the Indian Army is on high alert, launching several search operations to neutralise the terrorists following the attack in Pahalgam. The incident has sparked nationwide outrage, with widespread protests erupting across the country, demanding stricter action against Pakistan over the Pahalgam attack.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) met on April 23 and was briefed in detail on the terrorist attack in Pahalgam. The CCS condemned the attack in the strongest terms and expressed its deepest condolences to the families of the victims and hoped for the early recovery of the injured.

In the briefing to the CCS, the cross-border linkages of the terrorist attack were brought out. It was noted that this attack came in the wake of the successful holding of elections in the Union Territory and its steady progress towards economic growth and development.

As a security measure, India has decided to withdraw its own Defence, Navy, and Air Advisors from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. These posts in the respective High Commissions are deemed annulled. Five support staff of the Service Advisors will also be withdrawn from both High Commissions.

The overall strength of the high commissions will be brought down to 30 from the present 55 through further reductions, to be effective by 1 May 2025.