After predicting warfare, Pakistan minister warns India: ‘we've 125-250 g bombs’

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New Delhi: Pakistan's Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid has turn into a relentless butt of social media jokes in view that the Narendra Modi govt's decision to abrogate Article 370 triggered clean tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad.

After getting trolled last week when estimated a warfare between India and Pakistan quickly, the minister gave Twitter more fodder for jokes as he pointed out India should understand Pakistan has  "smart bombs" — some that weigh as gentle as "a hundred twenty five-250 g".

The minister first grabbed the media's attention remaining week when he warned of a battle between the two international locations. Rashid even mentioned when the struggle may take location: "i will foresee a battle between Pakistan and India in November or December."

Kashmir, in keeping with him, became a way for Modi to extra "assignment into Pakistan and then Afghanistan".

The identical week, as Rashid become addressing a rally in Pakistan, he got a jolt from the mic he become keeping. The video subsequently went viral, and shows the minister exclaiming, "Mera khyaal hai current aa gaya hai, yeh Modi iss jalse ko nakaam nahi kar skta (I feel I have obtained an electric shock. Anyway, Modi can't break this gathering)"

A day later, unfazed through the trolling he was subjected to, Rashid instructed the media about "wise bombs" owned by means of Pakistan.

"It's not like we (Pakistan) aren't able, we are thoroughly prepared. And the army has deputed me to notify the world about our preparations," he referred to, talking about a probable war with India. "i will very responsibly state that we have smart bombs."

Rashid also slammed the Modi government for the country wide Register of residents, which was published Sunday and perceived to have left 19 lakh americans stateless. He observed the Modi govt had reduced the Muslims in India to second-grade residents.

In an extra video clip doing the rounds on social media, Rashid seeks to warn India about Pakistan's weapons arsenal — via citing bombs that are purportedly feather weight.

"Hindustan yeh yaad rakhe ki hamare paas pao, aadha pao, ka bhi bomb hai (India may still bear in mind we now have bombs of 125-250 g as smartly)," he stated Sunday.

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'i am the voice of Indian Muslims'

Rashid is a pacesetter of the Awami Muslim League, an ally of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). here is not the primary time the Pakistani minister has been seen making unfastened comments. After the Pulwama attack in February this yr, the minister had warned India in opposition t looking at Pakistan "with an evil eye".

He additionally claims to be the voice of Indian Muslims. In an interview to a Pakistani information channel, Rashid is seen announcing he will ruin the area's "semi-vigor".

"Sirf Srinagar ke Lal Chowk nahi, par UP aur CP ke musalmaan bhi Sheikh Rashid ki baat ko sunte hain. Aur mai tamam India ke musalmaano ke dil ki awaaz hun (now not only Muslims in Kashmir, but Muslims in UP and CP additionally hearken to Sheikh Rashid, and that i am the voice of India's Muslims)," he's heard saying in a Twitter publish shared previous this month.

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