Srinagar, Feb 28 (KNS): A day after IAF pilot was arrested in Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK) after his fighter jet crashed inside PaK on Wednesday, the Pakistan government on Thursday announced to release the captured IAF pilot tomorrow.
Reports quoting Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said the IAF Pilot Abhinandan Vathaman will be released tomorrow (Friday), saying that he will be released as a peace gesture.
Addressing a joint session of the National Assembly, Khan as per reports said the India-Pakistan situation should not "get out of hand" otherwise "Pakistan will have to retaliate.
"Countries are ruined because of miscalculation," said Khan as per Dawn, Pakistan’s English-language newspaper. Alleging "war hysteria" in India, he said: "I'm afraid there might be a miscalculation. "War is not a solution. If India takes any action, we will have to retaliate."
The joint session of Parliament was called to discuss the rising tensions with India.
"The only purpose of our strike (on India on Wednesday) was to demonstrate our capability and will," said the Prime Minister. "We did not want to inflict any casualty on India as we wanted to act in a responsible manner."
He said he tried to call Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the telephone on Wednesday because "escalation is not in our interests nor in India's".
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman of the IAF was captured by Pakistanis on Wednesday after his jet crashed and fell in Pakistan administrated Kashmir. (KNS)