‘Bomb Mumbai and Delhi if US attacks our nukes’: Ex-Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit’s hollow threat to India
Islamabad: Amid the ongoing conflict involving the United States and Israel, a controversial remark by former Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit has raised fresh concerns over regional security, after he suggested that Pakistan could target India in the event of a foreign attack. Speaking during a discussion centred on a hypothetical conflict, Basit, who served as Pakistan's diplomat in New Delhi from 2014 to 2017, said that if the US were to attack Pakistan, Islamabad might consider striking Indian cities such as Mumbai and Delhi.ย Pakistan should drop bombs on Mumbai and Delhi "Let's assume that if the…