(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Pilot To Return Home

Topic: Pilot To Return Home

Guest:

Maj. Gen. (Retd., Dhruv C. Katoch, Director, India Foundation)
Air Marshal (Retd., V. K. Bhatia, Defence Expert)
Harsh V. Pant, (Head, Strategic Studies, ORF)
Niraj Srivastava, (Former Ambassador)

Topic Description:

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on 28 February said his government has decided to release valiant Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on 1st March. Khan told a joint session of parliament in Islamabad called to discuss the India-Pakistan situation that as a peace gesture, Pakistan has decided to release the Indian pilot in their custody. Khan’s announcement came soon after media reports quoted Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi as saying that the country is considering freeing the IAF pilot if it leads to a de-escalation of tensions between the two countries. Khan has also offered to hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Earlier, US President Donald Trump had said he has “reasonably attractive news from Pakistan and India”. “They have been going at it and we have been involved trying to have them stop. We have some reasonably decent news. I think hopefully that it’s going to come to an end,” Trump had said.