Shashi Tharoor Slams Pakistan Over Pathankot Attack, Says 2015 Was Its Last Chance To Act On Terror

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Last Updated:May 25, 2025, 14:16 IST

Shashi Tharoor, starring an all-party delegation to the US, noted that India's determination to widen a manus of bid to Pakistan was met with a panic onslaught successful Pathankot 10 years back. 

Congress person Shashi Tharoor | PTI Image

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor connected Saturday recalled the 2015 Pathankot Airbase onslaught that came conscionable weeks aft Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up his astonishment sojourn to Lahore, saying that it was Pakistan’s past accidental to beryllium that it’s superior astir ending terror.

Tharoor, starring an all-party delegation to the United States arsenic portion of Operation Sindoor’s planetary outreach, noted that India’s determination to widen a manus of bid to Pakistan was met with a panic onslaught successful Pathankot 10 years back.

“In January 2015, determination was an onslaught connected Indian Air Base, and our Prime Minister had conscionable visited Pakistan the erstwhile month. So erstwhile this happened, helium was truthful astonished that helium called the Pakistani PM and said, Why don’t you articulation the investigation?" Tharoor said.

“Let’s lick who’s doing this…imagine the fearfulness of the Indian subject constitution with this thought that Pakistani investigators would travel to Indian airways, but, but they came and they went backmost to Pakistan and said, each the Indians did it to themselves…I americium acrophobic for us."

He added that 2015 was the past accidental for Pakistan to amusement that they truly wanted to extremity terror, arsenic they assertion of doing so.

“2015 was the past accidental for them to behave, to cooperate, to truly amusement they were superior astir ending terror, arsenic they claimed each clip that they were," Tharoor said.

In a astonishment diplomatic gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Lahore connected December 25, 2015, to conscionable then-Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, marking a important infinitesimal successful India-Pakistan relations.

The unannounced visit, intended to reset bilateral ties and beforehand goodwill, came aft months of behind-the-scenes diplomacy. However, hopes of a thaw were short-lived.

Just a week later, connected January 2, 2016, heavy equipped terrorists attacked the Indian Air Force basal successful Pathankot. The assault, claimed by Pakistan-based panic radical Jaish-e-Mohammed, was seen by India arsenic a betrayal of PM Modi’s bid outreach.

Tharoor On 26/11 And 9/11 Attacks

Tharoor besides brought up the Pakistan-sponsored violent onslaught successful Mumbai, which claimed the lives of implicit 150 people. He noted that the attackers were guided successful real-time by handlers based successful Pakistan.

Additionally, helium referenced the United States’ effect to the 9/11 attacks, highlighting the ngo to destruct Osama Bin Laden, known arsenic ‘Operation Neptune Spear’.

“And arsenic you know, thereafter, Pakistan’s assertion not to cognize wherever Osama Bin Laden was – until helium was recovered successful a harmless location close adjacent to an service cantonment, successful a metropolis dominated by the army. This is Pakistan," helium said.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is starring 1 of India’s 7 all-party delegations arsenic portion of Operation Sindoor, a planetary diplomatic inaugural launched successful effect to the April 22 Pahalgam panic attack.

Tharoor’s delegation is visiting 5 countries, including the United States, to little planetary partners connected India’s measured yet resolute effect to the onslaught and its broader combat against cross-border terrorism.

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