czwartek, 28 lutego 2019
India Pak Tensions LIVE: Army, Navy, IAF to Address Media, MEA to Join in
A few hours ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India won’t stop at any cost. He made the statement while addressing BJP workers during „world’s largest video-conference” ‚Mera Booth Sabse Mazboot’.
The prime minister is also scheduled to chair a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) today, followed by Union Cabinet meeting at his residence. The meeting comes a day after an IAF pilot was captured by Pakistan after an air combat during which the two sides said they shot down each other’s warplanes.
It is yet not clear if Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will attend a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) after he threatened to boycott the meet over invitation to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. His statement came amid the heightened tensions between India and Pakistan after the former claimed to have struck terror launch pads in Balakot.
The Pentagon on Wednesday urged the two South Asian neighbours to avoid further military action, fearing an escalation of the current tensions between India and Pakistan. Canada also called for de-escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan.
Pakistan on Wednesday captured an IAF pilot following the aerial engagement in which a Pakistani jet, stated to be a F-16, was downed by Indian air defence forces in Jammu region’s Rajouri sector. The IAF also lost a MiG 21 jet in the engagement, an Indian official said. Pakistan has denied losing a jet. The Pakistan Army retracted its earlier statement that two IAF pilots were arrested and in the evening said it had „only one” pilot in its custody.
As fears of war darkened India-Pakistan relations with the Air Force repulsing retaliatory attacks from the western neighbour, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan tried to defuse the tension by saying war is futile and can lead to unknown consequences while making an oblique reference to the nuclear weapons that both countries possess.
The Pakistan Army retracted its earlier statement that two Indian Air Force pilots were arrested and in the evening said it had „only one” pilot in its custody. „There is only one pilot under Pakistan Army’s custody. Wing Comd Abhi Nandan is being treated as per norms of military ethics,” Pakistani military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor said in the evening.
As tension mounted, the entire airspace north of New Delhi was briefly „vacated”. Nine airports in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab were closed for civilian traffic for some part of the morning but opened later in the day. Jammu and Kashmir was the centre of much of the action on a day of escalating tensions between the two neighbours.
An IAF helicopter crashed in Budgam in Kashmir, killing at least five people. One of the deceased persons was identified as Kifayat Hussain Ganaie, a local resident, while the identity of other four — believed to be IAF personnel — is being ascertained, they said. There was no direct established link with the activity by Pakistani jets, but for many it was just a sign of the disturbed times.
Till late Wednesday afternoon, India’s political leaders, both in government and in the opposition, were mostly quiet. In a live television broadcast, Pakistan’s leader Imran Khan also reiterated the military’s claim that two Indian MIGs were shot down, as he offered to defuse tensions and resolve the issues through talks.
He said the Pakistani incursion into the Indian air space was „only intended to convey that if you can come into our country, we can do the same.”
Two Indian MiGs were shot down in the ensuing action, Khan said, one day after Indian government sources said up to 350 JeM terrorists were killed in Tuesday’s attack. There was no official confirmation of the claim.
„I ask India: with the weapons you have and the weapons we have, can we really afford a miscalculation? If this (situation) escalates, it will no longer be in my control or in (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi’s,” Khan said.
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Irina Shayk i była dziewczyna Kristen Stewart razem w kampanii torebek
Irina Shayk zapewne nadal byłaby względnie anonimową twarzą popularnej marki bielizny, gdyby nie jej znajomość z Cristiano Ronaldo. Związek z jednym z najpopularniejszych piłkarzy na świecie sprawił, że jej nazwisko zyskało międzynarodową rozpoznawalność, a ona sama stała się pionierką fenomenu WAGs. Nic dziwnego, że modelka po rozstaniu z Portugalczykiem nie wykazywała zainteresowania „zwykłymi śmiertelnikami” i związała się z Bradleyem Cooperem, z którym obecnie tworzy topową „power couple”.
Zobacz: Irina Shayk podszczypuje w pupę Bradleya Coopera na spacerze z córką
Młodsza od Shayk o pięć lat Stella Maxwell zdaje się mieć podobną receptę na sukces. Irlandka status top modelki i „aniołka” Victoria’s Secret zawdzięcza własnej urodzie i pracy, ale międzynarodową sławę zyskała dopiero za sprawą związku z Kristen Stewart. Para, która przez dwa lata związku dorobiła się opinii pupilek świata mody, w listopadzie po cichu się rozstała. Jako że Maxwell wcześniej zasłynęła romansem z Miley Cyrus, można się spodziewać, że złamane serce będzie leczyć w ramionach kolejnej celebrytki.
Zobacz też: Kristen Stewart trzyma swoją dziewczynę za rękę na lotnisku. Poznajecie? (ZDJĘCIA)
Obie zwolenniczki medialnych związków ostatnio spotkały się na planie kampanii francuskiej marki The Kooples, którą wcześniej reklamowała inna modelko-celebrytka, Emily Ratajkowski. Sesja musiała być dla nich nobilitująca, bo wśród promowanych torebek znalazły się modele Stella i Irina, które, jak same nazwy wskazują, zostały stworzone na ich cześć. Na potrzeby zdjęć top modelki wczuły się w role uczestniczek „dziewczyńskiego wypadu” i zaprezentowały się w szeregu letnich stylizacji, przechadzając się po mieście.
Zobaczcie, jak Shayk i Maxwell promują torebki zaprojektowane na ich cześć. Która bardziej zachęca Was do zakupu?
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Omar Abdullah slams PM Modi for his mega video-conference with BJP workers
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said Narendra Modi „continuing” with his election campaign either indicates that the IAF pilot in Pakistani captivity will be back home in the next couple of days or that the prime minister „does not care enough”.
The prime minister on Thursday had direct dialogue with BJP workers and volunteers as part of the party’s mera booth ‚Mera Booth Sabse Mazboot’ programme through, what the party claims, the „world’s largest video conference”.
„PM Modi continuing with his #Elections2019 campaign is the surest sign #WingCommanderAbhinandan will be back in the next 24-48 hours. Either that or he really just couldn’t care less,” Abdullah said in a tweet.
He had Wednesday called for suspension of all political activities till Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthman, who was captured by Pakistan, returns home.
„PM Modi must suspend his political activities until #WingCommanderAbhinandan is returned safely. It can’t be business as usual with him cross crossing the country at tax payer expense making political speeches while our pilot is a Pakistani captive,” Abdullah had said in a tweets after the IAF pilot’s capture by Pakistan was confirmed.
He had also suggested that opposition parties postpone their Wednesday meeting.
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