{"id":96273,"date":"2021-02-27T18:56:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T13:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=96273"},"modified":"2021-02-27T18:56:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T13:56:32","slug":"pm-congratulates-nation-salutes-armed-forces-on-2nd-anniversary-of-operation-swift-retort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=96273","title":{"rendered":"PM congratulates nation, salutes armed forces on 2nd anniversary of Operation Swift Retort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Feb 27, 2021 (TNS): Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated the entire nation on the 2nd Anniversary of our response to India&#8217;s illegal, reckless military adventure of air strikes against Pakistan on this day in 2019.   <\/p>\n<p>In a series of tweets today (Saturday), saluting the Armed Forces of Pakistan, the Prime Minister said we responded with determined resolve at a time and place of our choosing.<\/p>\n<p>He said we also demonstrated to the world Pakistan\u2019s responsible behaviour in the face of India&#8217;s irresponsible military brinkmanship, by returning the captured Indian pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Imran Khan said we have always stood for peace and remain ready to move forward to resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Welcoming the restoration of the ceasefire along the Line of Control, the Prime Minister said the onus of creating an enabling environment for further progress rests with India.<\/p>\n<p>He said India must take necessary steps to meet the long-standing demand and right of the Kashmiri people to self-determination according to United Nations Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s desire to maintain peace in region must not be taken as its weakness: President<\/p>\n<p>President Dr Arif Alvi has said Pakistan&#8217;s desire to maintain peace in the region must not be taken as its weakness.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet today, he said the nation marks second anniversary of the foiling of India&#8217;s airstrikes. He said by shooting down an Indian plane in our territory, we showed our resolve and superiority against all aggressors.<\/p>\n<p>The President said Pakistan wants peace, but not at the cost of sacrificing the brutalized people of Kashmir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Feb 27, 2021 (TNS): Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated the entire nation on the 2nd Anniversary of our response to India&#8217;s illegal, reckless military adventure of air strikes against Pakistan on this day in 2019. In a series of tweets today (Saturday), saluting the Armed Forces of Pakistan, the Prime Minister said we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96274,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96273\/revisions\/96274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}