Overview
- Vikram Sood, in an interview with ANI, characterized Pakistan’s military leadership as ideological and labeled Army Chief Asim Munir a “Jihadi General.”
- Sood said the Balochistan movement now includes educated middle-class participants, describing it as more serious than in past decades.
- He mocked reports that PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi took the Asia Cup trophy, calling the episode a “banana republic reaction.”
- Sood alleged Pakistan is touting rare earth minerals to seek U.S. protection and claimed proceeds could be routed offshore, presenting these as his assertions rather than established facts.
- At the UNHRC in Geneva, Indian diplomat Mohammed Hussain urged Pakistan to address rights abuses at home, a message delivered days after police reported 24 civilian deaths in a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa blast at a Pakistani Taliban-linked compound.