India condemns Pak for giving 'State funerals' to Terrorists

On Thursday, India firmly denounced Pakistan for allegedly conducting “state funerals” for terrorists who were killed in India’s operations against terror camps located in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The government strongly condemned Islamabad, implying that granting “state funerals” to terrorists might have become a norm in Pakistan.

India rejects Pak’s claims that civilians were killed in Operation Sindoor

It looks like giving ‘state funerals’ to terrorists has become quite common in Pakistan. However, India condemned the act and also rejected Pakistan’s claims that civilians were killed in India’s Operation Sindoor.

During a press briefing, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri displayed a photograph featuring uniformed personnel from the Pakistani Army and police praying behind the coffins of the deceased terrorists, raised questions about the message that this photograph sends. In a particular case, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was observed conducting the funeral prayers.

“If only civilians were killed in these attacks, I wonder what message this picture actually sends to all of you. This is the question that is worth asking. It’s also odd that the funerals of civilians are carried out with the coffins being draped in Pakistani flags and state honours being accorded,” he said.

Foreign Secretary questions giving ‘State funerals’ to terrorists

Foreign Secretary stated that giving state funerals may be common in Pakistan however, it doesn’t make any sense to us. Strongly denying Pakistan’s claims regarding civilian casualties, the Foreign Secretary emphasized, “As far as we are concerned, the individuals eliminated at these facilities were terrorists. Giving terrorists state funerals may be a practice in Pakistan, but it doesn’t seem to make much sense to us”.

The Indian military dismantled terrorist facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in a strike that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commended as an operation of “unimaginable precision”.

Codenamed Operation Sindoor, the assault executed on Wednesday eliminated approximately 100 terrorists, two weeks following the deaths of 26 civilians caused by militants from Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

“Pakistan is trying to wash its hands from any and all involvement with terrorism. Pakistani information minister said there are no terrorists in Pakistan, and I think he was challenged in that TV programme that he was appearing on. Pakistan’s reputation as the epicentre of global terrorism is rooted in a number of instances where concrete evidence is available not just to India but governments and authorities around the world,” said Vikram Misri, emphasizing New Delhi’s claims of Islamabad funding cross-border terrorism.