Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From WORLD 12 SPORT 14 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL A HIGHLY STRATEGIC US-N KOREA TALKS END KL RAHUL PLACED BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR CORRIDOR ABRUPTLY WITHOUT DEAL 6TH IN T20 RANKINGS CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 155 Issue 58 LUCKNOW, FRIDAY MARCH 1, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable WANTED TO WORK WITH RAY:} GULZAR} 13 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Wing Commander to return today IAF: Pak mission achieved, Imran says release a gesture of peace; India asserts it can’t be bargaining chip up to Govt to release proof PNS n ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI Khan said. The announcement strate our capability and will. WELCOME BACK ABHINANDAN! was greeted by thumping of “We did not want to inflict any day after India demanded desks by Pakistani lawmakers. casualty on India as we want- 2 Pakistan Prime Minster Imran Khan on Thursday announced that Aimmediate release of an The Indian Air Force on ed to act in a responsible man- Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman will be released on IAF pilot who landed in Thursday said it is very happy ner.” Friday as a gesture of peace and the ‘first step’ to open negotiations Pakistan detention on that captured pilot Wing He warned if India moved with India Wednesday following an aeri- Commander Abhinandan is ahead with the “aggression”, 2 The decision comes amid report that the Indian Government al engagement by air forces of returning home but dismissed Pakistan will be forced to retal- reportedly decided that Varthaman cannot be a bargaining chip and the two countries, Pakistan suggestions it was a goodwill iate and urged the Indian lead- New Delhi will not strike any deal with Islamabad for his release Prime Minster Imran Khan on gesture, insisting it was in line ership not to push for escala- 2 The Indian Air Force said it is very happy that captured pilot Wing Thursday announced that with the Geneva Conventions. tion as war is not solution to Commander Abhinandan is returning home but dismissed Wing Commander “We are very happy any problem. suggestions it was a goodwill gesture, insisting it was in line with Abhinandan Varthaman will be Abhinandan will be freed Warning that “any miscal- the Geneva Conventions released on Friday as a gesture tomorrow and look forward to culation” from India would of peace and the “first step” to his return,” Air Vice Marshal R result in “disaster”, he said, 2 According to the sources, Imran Khan has to walk the talk on open negotiations with India. GK Kapoor, assistant chief of “Countries are ruined because investigating the February 14 Pulwama attack. India, they stressed, The decision comes amid Air Staff, told a news confer- of miscalculation. War is not a wants immediate, credible and verifiable action against terrorists report that the Indian ence. solution. If India takes any and their proxies Government reportedly decid- Asked if the IAF sees it as action, we will have to retaliate.” ed that Varthaman cannot be a a goodwill move, Kapoor said, Khan, however, said Gokhale briefed envoys of sev- India has not gone down well bargaining chip and New Delhi “We see it as a gesture in con- Pakistan’s “desire for de-esca- eral countries, including from in New Delhi, they indicated. will not strike any deal with sonance with the Geneva lation” should not be miscon- China, France, Russia, the In Islamabad, Foreign Islamabad for his release. Conventions.” strued as its weakness. “Our United Kingdom and the Minister Shah Mehmood Khan made the announce- The joint session of armed forces are battle-hard- United States, on the Pakistan Qureshi said his Government ment during a joint session of Pakistan Parliament was held ened and they are fully pre- Air Force targeting Indian mil- was willing to consider return- Defence officials in New Delhi on Thursday display a part of an air-to-air AMRAAM missile which was fired by Pakistani Air Parliament soon after Foreign on Thursday to discuss rising pared to respond to any aggres- itary installations in an aggres- ing the captured IAF pilot if it Force F-16 aircraft violating Indian airspace AP Minister Shah Mehmood tension with India. The sion,” he said. sive manner, resulting in the leads to “de-escalation” of ten- Qureshi said Khan is ready to Pakistani Air Force on Khan said he “tried to call” escalation of tensions. sions with India. Forces dismiss IAF fighters had hit the intend- Pakistan lied that no F-16 talk to his Indian counterpart Wednesday carried out a retal- the Indian Prime Minister on On US President Donald According to the sources, ed targets. Kapoor said there is was used but there was enough Narendra Modi to de-escalate iatory strike, a day after Indian the phone on Wednesday Trump’s suggesting that the Khan has to walk the talk on credible information and evi- evidence, Kapoor said. Indo-Pak tensions. struck inside Pakistan, destroy- because “escalation is not in our situation between India and investigating the February 14 Pak claims, show dence that “We hit the intend- Stating that Pakistan air- “In our desire for peace, I ing the biggest terrorist train- interests nor in India’s”. The Pakistan was de-escalating, the Pulwama attack. India, they ed targets” and it was prema- craft targeted military installa- announce that tomorrow ing camp of the Jaish-e- Prime Minister urged the inter- sources said New Delhi has no stressed, wants immediate, wreckage of F16 ture to assess the casualties and tions, he added PAF bombs (Friday), and as a first step to Mohammed (JeM). national community to play its idea what he was referring to. credible and verifiable action damage. were unable to damage any of open negotiations, Pakistan Addressing the House, role in de-escalation for peace Pakistan’s efforts to link the against terrorists and their used in incursion Sources in the Government India’s defence installations. will be releasing the Indian Air Khan said, “The only purpose and stability in the region. release of the pilot with “de- proxies. said more than 20 Pakistani air- Addressing the media, Force officer in our custody,” of our strike was to demon- Foreign Secretary Vijay escalation” of tensions with Continued on Page 6 PNS n NEW DELHI craft had approached the Indian Army’s Major General Indian airspace. SS Mahal said escalation of ten- CAPSULE ebunking Pakistan claims The IAF also nailed the sions had been done by Dthat F-16s were not used in misinformation by the Pakistan Pakistan but India was pre- the offensive against Indian military that it shot down two pared for any contingency if the SC STAYS ORDER EVICTING Eyewitness account of IAF pilot’s heroic deed military targets in Jammu & Indian aircraft and captured enemy provoked it. 11.8 L FOREST DWELLERS Kashmir on Wednesday morn- three Indian pilots which was Mechanised forces were New Delhi: The Supreme Court PTI n NEW DELHI he fell into a stream and one of ing, the Indian Air Force on later claimed to be two and by put on standby and troops on Thursday stayed its February my nephews who was also Thursday said the American the evening on Wednesday were ready to deal with any 13 order that had directed 21 ing Commander armed shot him in the leg,” aircraft was used in the mis- they said just one pilot was in security challenge, Mahal said. States to evict 11.8 lakh illegal WAbhinandan Varthaman Chaudhry said. adventure and also displayed their custody. The Army and Rear Admiral of the Indian forest dwellers whose claims raised patriotic slogans, fired in The pilot was then asked to the wreckage of the ‘beyond Navy representatives asserted Navy Dalbir Singh Gujral said over the forest land have been the air and stuffed his mouth drop his pistol, and was pinned visual range missiles’ of the US- that the Armed forces are on the force was in a high state of rejected by the authorities. with documents when he land- down by a villager to prevent supplied fighter plane. high alert and ready to meet readiness to deal with any ed on Pakistani soil after eject- him from using any other Air Vice Chief RGK any security challenge on land Pakistan misadventure in the AJL’S PLEA REJECTED, HC ing from his fighter jet, says the weapon that he might have Kapoor, who addressed the and sea. But the sources added maritime domain. TELLS IT TO VACATE OFFICE headman of a village on the had. The pilot attempted to media, along with the repre- there has been no mobilisation The briefing by the tri-ser- New Delhi: The Delhi High Court other side of the border. destroy the documents in his sentatives of the Army and the of ground forces yet. vices came after Prime Minister on Thursday dismissed National The Indian Air Force pilot, possession by stuffing them in Navy, said a variety of aircraft Tensions between the two Narendra Modi chaired a high Herald publisher AJL’s plea who has been the centre of his mouth. However, the vil- was used by Pakistan Air Force countries escalated after Indian level meeting amid the height- challenging a single judge order global attention since his cap- lagers managed to get hold of — F-16s, JF 17 Thunder and fighters bombed banned terror ened tensions with Pakistan to vacate its premises at ITO in ture on Wednesday, will be some papers which were later Mirages.