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IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman returns to India India
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IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman returns to India

On 1st March 2019 at 9:15 PM, Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman returns to India by Pakistan and he looks well at this time. ## On 28th February 2019, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said that as a peace gesture, we are releasing wing commander Abhinandan on 1st March 2019. ## Pakstan captured Indian Pilot on 27th February 2019. ## Here are some pictures of him. ## Pictures Credit: ANI ## IAF Wing Commander #AbhinandanVarthaman at Wagah-Attari border pic.twitter.com/WGz0LaNvX3— ANI (@ANI) March 1, 2019 ## IAF Wing Commander #AbhinandanVarthaman at Wagah-Attari border, to cross border soon to enter India. pic.twitter.com/a1hVjwroVw— ANI (@ANI) March 1, 2019 ## IAF Wing Commander #AbhinandanVarthaman returns to India. pic.twitter.com/0uvWUBchcx— ANI (@ANI) March 1, 2019 ## IAF Wing Commander #AbhinandanVarthaman was accompanied by IAF Group Captain Joy Thomas Kurien, Defence Attache to Indian High Commission in Pakistan. ## Air Vice Marshal RGK Kapoor at Attari-Wagah border: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has been handed over to us. He will now be taken for a detailed medical checkup because he had to eject from an aircraft. IAF is happy to have him back. ## Air Vice Marshal RGK Kapoor at Attari-Wagah border: Wing Commander #AbhinandanVarthaman has been handed over to us. He will now be taken for a detailed medical checkup because he had to eject from an aircraft. IAF is happy to have him back. pic.twitter.com/ZaaafjUQ90— ANI (@ANI) March 1, 2019 ## For more and the latest news about India, stay tuned to us.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan: As a peace gesture we are releasing Wing Commander Abhinandan Tomorrow India
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan: As a peace gesture we are releasing Wing Commander Abhinandan Tomorrow

On 28th February 2019, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said that as a peace gesture, we are releasing wing commander Abhinandan tomorrow on 1st March 2019. ## Pakstan captured Indian Pilot on 27th February 2019. ## Imran Khan announced this in Pakistan Parliament. ## Addressing the joint session of Parliament, Imran Khan, however, said our de-escalation efforts should not be seen a weak gesture. India not to escalate the situation. Don’t take this any further, Pakistan will be forced to retaliate. ## I hope the international community will play its part to ensure the situation does not escalate beyond this: Pakistan prime minister. ## He also said that he tried to reach out to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday. ## This has come when US president earlier in the day had hinted that hostilities between India and Pakistan could end soon. He said he has some "reasonably decent" news with the US involved in trying to help reduce tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. ## Trump said the US has some "reasonably attractive news" from Pakistan and India in his opening statement at a press conference at the end of his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the Vietnamese capital. We have been involved in trying to help them (India and Pakistan) stop and we have some reasonably decent news. ## Earlier in the day, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is ready to talk to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi over the telephone to offer him peace. ## Qureshi told Geo News that if India gives priority to peace, Pakistan is ready for peace. ## Prime Minister Imran Khan is ready to talk to Narendra Modi on the telephone and ready to extend an invitation of peace. Is Modi ready?" he asked. ## "We are ready for every eventuality. If they give priority to peace, we are ready for peace. If they prioritize dialogue, we are ready for dialogue," the Foreign Minister said. ## Qureshi also confirmed the receipt of India's dossier on the Pulwama terror attack on February 14 in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed in an attack claimed by Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). ## "Let's talk together on the basis of the dossier. I am ready to talk. You want to talk about terrorism, I am ready. You want to talk about peace, I am ready. You want to make it a common challenge, I am ready," he said. ## For more and the latest news about India, stay tuned to us.

Ind-Pak Tensions: Indian Air Force Pilot Abhinandan Is Well In Pakistan India
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Ind-Pak Tensions: Indian Air Force Pilot Abhinandan Is Well In Pakistan

On 27th February 2019, Pakistan has released a video claiming that it is of an Indian pilot named Abhinandan Varthaman and he is treated well there. ## The Ministry of External Affairs slammed Pakistan over videos and photographs of an Indian pilot Pakistan says is in its custody. The MEA did not identify the person in question. However, the MEA was likely referring to the Indian fighter pilot whose MiG-21 was shot down earlier this morning. ## MEA: Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan was summoned this afternoon by MEA to lodge a strong protest at the unprovoked act of aggression by Pakistan against India earlier today, including violation of the Indian air space by Pakistan Air Force & targeting of Indian military posts. ## MEA: It is unfortunate that instead of fulfilling its international obligation & bilateral commitment to take credible action against terrorist entities and individuals operating from its soil, Pakistan has acted with aggression against India. ## IAF: Today, one Mi-17 V5 helicopter got airborne from Srinagar airfield at 1000 hrs for a routine mission. It crashed around 1010 hrs near Budgam, J&K. All six air warriors on board helicopter suffered fatal injuries. A court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the accident. ## MEA: India also strongly objected to Pakistan’s vulgar display of injured personnel of the Indian Air Force in violation of all norms of International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Convention. ## MEA: It was made clear that Pakistan would be well advised to ensure that no harm comes to the Indian defense personnel in its custody. India also expects his immediate and safe return. ## Pakistan says the pilot is Wing Commander Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman and has put out photographs and videos of him being interrogated. ## The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that it "strongly objected to Pakistan's vulgar display injured personnel of the Indian Air Force in violation of all norms of International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Convention." ## "Pakistan would be well advised to ensure that no harm comes to the Indian defense personnel in its custody. India also expects his immediate and safe return," the MEA also said. ## Soon after Ghafoor's press conference, the Pakistani government released a video of a man in a flight suit. "I am Wing Commander Abhinandan," the man says before revealing his service number and religion. ## Another video soon started doing the rounds on Twitter. In this video Wing, Commander Abhinandan is seen sitting on a cot inside a room, sipping from a mug. He is being questioned by someone he identifies as a "major". ## In the second video, Wing Commander Abhinandan says, "The officers of the Pakistan Army have looked after me very well. They are thorough gentlemen." ## This footage definitely calms us! #Abhinandan clarifying that he has been treated respectfully by Pak Army.As per the Geneva Convention, Pak is supposed to hand over him back respectfully. #BringBackAbhinandan #SayNoToWar pic.twitter.com/yKEdN19IJ8— Sacnilk (@sacnilk) February 27, 2019 In a video, locals are seen hauling him up and punching and slapping him. In the second video, Wing Commander Abhinandan says that Pakistani army men saved him from the mob that was attacking him. ## For more and the latest news about India, stay tuned to us.