In a heated exchange during a Sky News interview, Pakistan’s UK High Commissioner Mohammad Faisal faced tough questions over his country’s record of cooperation in terror investigations related to India. While discussing the recent Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir that left 26 dead, Faisal insisted Pakistan preferred peace and was open to an internal investigation.
However, journalist Yalda Hakim pushed back, listing incidents where Pakistan had been invited to cooperate—such as the 2001 Parliament attack, 2008 Mumbai attacks, 2016 Uri attack, and 2019 Pulwama bombing—but failed to take substantive action.
Hakim stated, “Pakistan may have cooperated on the surface, but it didn’t do anything to prevent these terror groups from flourishing within the country.”
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Faisal attempted to counter, saying, “First, we have to have our facts right. Somebody has given you the paper, but he has…” before Hakim quickly interrupted, clarifying, “No one has given me this paper, actually. I spoke to and I’ve been documenting and following this, but please, this isn’t a paper.”
Faisal claimed that Pakistan had requested investigations too, but they didn’t progress due to a lack of Indian cooperation. He added, “Pakistan’s first choice was peace and we insisted on that. We chose the best way forward that we thought. Don’t believe us, don’t believe the Indians, believe the international community.”
The conversation turned more intense when Hakim noted that even Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced criticism for involving Pakistan in past probes. Faisal denied this and shifted the blame, saying the impasse stems from India’s 2019 abrogation of Article 370, which altered Jammu and Kashmir’s status unilaterally. He said no real dialogue has occurred since that move.
Yalda Hakim is known for her bold interviews with Pakistani diplomats, often pressing them on terror links and cross-border violence. Her exchange with Faisal is the latest in a series of confrontational interviews amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
