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For now, India seems to have concentrated its focus on increased diplomatic pressure—something that reportedly bore down heavily on Pakistan after both the Pulwama attack and the Balakot airstrike.
‘The only reason why the PM has not ordered an enquiry (into Arnabgate) is because he is the person through which that message (Balakot airstrikes) went to this journalist,’ Rahul Gandhi claimed.
Arnabgate: Imran Khan also said that Pakistan 'averted a larger crisis by a responsible, measured response' to the Balakot airstrike carried out by India.
News platforms on January 9 claimed that the former Pakistani diplomat Zafar Hilaly admitted to the speculation that the Indian airstrike on February 26, 2019, killed 300 people on the Pakistani side in Balakot.
Pakistan Army chief said that year 2019 witnessed two significant events which will have lasting imprint on the geopolitics of this region: Balakot airstrike and abrogation of Article 370