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  • 6/4/2025
Pakistan's Bilawal Bhutto Zardari faced an awkward moment at a UN press briefing after a journalist fact-checked his claim that India was "demonising Muslims" following the Pahalgam terror attack. Bhutto alleged India was politicising the tragedy to vilify Muslims, but the journalist countered with firsthand experience, highlighting Muslim officers leading Indian Army briefings. Bhutto, visibly unsettled, admitted, "You're absolutely right." The episode casts doubt on Pakistan’s narrative as Bhutto leads a diplomatic team to counter India’s global stance post-Operation Sindoor.

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00:00Terrorism in general is used by India to demonize Muslims within their territory.
00:07And as far as I recall, there were Muslim Indian military officers.
00:12To paint all Kashmiris within Kashmir who were opposed to the policies of the Indian government,
00:19not as legitimate voices of opposition.
00:22Not as legitimate voices of opposition.
00:25Let me start with a statement you made today saying that the recent terrorist attack in Kashmir
00:35is being used as a political tool to demonize Muslims in India.
00:42Sir, I have watched the briefings on both sides and as far as I recall,
00:48there were Muslim Indian military officers who were conducting the briefing on the Indian side.
00:53Well, as far as the operation is concerned, you're absolutely right.
00:56Okay.
00:57The other thing, my main question is a follow-up on my colleague Betul about tariffs and trade.
01:04Can I just answer your demonizing question?
01:06Okay, sure.
01:07I'm not – terrorism in general is used by India to demonize Muslims within their territory.
01:14This – I'm not specifically limiting it to this attack, but the Indian political environment is such
01:24that the word terrorist is used as a wolf whistle to either whip up sentiment against Muslim minorities
01:32within the Indian mainland, to demonize – to paint all Kashmiris within Kashmir who were opposed
01:41to the policies of the Indian government, not as legitimate voices of opposition, not as a form of resistance,
01:50but they demonize everyone as terrorists.
01:53Surely those who attack civilians are terrorists.
01:57But those people who raise their voice for the right to self-determination of their people are not terrorists.
02:04The Indian government has not only demonized Muslims within their own country and minorities within
02:14their own country.
02:16Pakistan has complaints about India financing and supporting terrorist activity within our country,
02:25but also Pakistan is not alone in having these complaints against India.
02:31India.
02:32For example, India has been targeting Sikh activists across the world.
02:38They've done so within Pakistan, where the Indian government has funded defunct terrorist organizations
02:49within Pakistan to conduct assassination of Sikh activists within Pakistan.
02:58The Indian government has engaged in similar criminal activity in Canada where they've targeted Sikh activists in Canada.
03:09The Indian government has engaged in similar criminal activity here in the United States.
03:19The policy of the RSS or the BJP government to the Muslim minority within India is not something new.
03:30It's a known fact.
03:31What they do within their own country is up to their own system.
03:36When they start implying that all Pakistanis are terrorists as a result of the actions of a few terrorists,
03:48I believe that's demonizing an entire population.

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