New Delhi: In a significant development amid the escalating India-Pakistan ties following a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, former Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto has acknowledged his country’s collusion with terrorists, underscoring that “Pakistan has a past”. The latest admission follows Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s acknowledgement of Pakistan’s tango with terror operatives. Earlier, in an interaction with a news channel, Asif admitted to Islamabad’s backing and funding of terrorist groups.
‘Pakistan has a past’: Bhutto
Bhutto, in a conversation with Sky News’s Yalda Hakim on Thursday, acknowledged Pakistan’s history with extremism. He claimed that Pakistan has suffered as a result and has since reformed.
“As far as what the defence minister said, I don’t think it is a secret that Pakistan has a past… As a result, we have suffered; Pakistan has suffered. We have gone through wave after wave of extremism. But as a result of what we suffered, we also learnt our lessons. We have gone through internal reforms to address this problem,” Bilawal Bhutto said.
