As diplomatic and military tensions escalate between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, a controversial video of Pakistani Senator Palwasha Mohammad Zai Khan has gone viral. In the footage, Khan makes provocative remarks linking Pakistan’s military to the Babri mosque issue in India.
During an address in Pakistan’s Upper House on April 29, Senator Khan declared, “The first brick of the new Babri mosque in Ayodhya will be laid by Pakistan Army soldiers, and the first azaan will be given by Army Chief Asim Munir himself.”
Khan, who serves as the Deputy Information Secretary of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), further added, “We are not wearing bangles.” She claimed that Sikh soldiers in the Indian Army would not take part in any aggression against Pakistan, citing religious reverence for the land. “If they are threatening Pakistan, then let them know that the Sikh army will not attack Pakistan because it’s the land of Guru Nanak for them,” she said.
Who is Palwasha Mohammad Zai Khan?
Palwasha Khan has been a member of Pakistan’s Senate since March 2021, representing Sindh on a women’s reserved seat. She previously served in the National Assembly from 2008 to 2013. She is also the niece of Fozia Behram, a prominent politician and businesswoman known for being one of the few women elected to the Punjab Assembly in the late 1990s.
Rising India-Pakistan Hostility
The inflammatory remarks come at a time of heightened hostility between the two nations. The Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, has intensified border skirmishes and diplomatic fallout. India has accused Pakistan of violating the ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control and international borders. In response, Indian forces have retaliated against these transgressions.
New Delhi has also initiated multiple punitive measures against Islamabad. These include suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, scaling down staff at the Pakistan High Commission, closing Indian airspace to Pakistani flights, and shutting down the Attari border checkpoint.
Pakistan, on its part, has threatened to withdraw from the Shimla Agreement and other bilateral pacts. It has also closed its airspace for Indian flights in a retaliatory move.
As both nations trade barbs and adopt hardened stances, statements like those made by Senator Khan risk further inflaming an already volatile regional situation.
