JeM chief's younger brother Maulana Ammar has confirmed that IAF fighter jets had attacked their facility in Pakistan's Balakot.
In an audio clip, Masood Azhar's brother Maulana Ammar can be heard saying that Indian fighter planes didn't bomb ISI or Pakistan army, but its centre in Balakot. He also criticised Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for releasing Wing Commander Abhinandan.
"Indian aircraft did not bomb the safe house of any agency or its headquarters or where agency officials held their meetings, they bombed the centre where students were trained to understand the concept of Jihad," Ammar can be heard saying.
#Exclusive: In a sermon in #Pakistan, #JaisheMohammad leader accepts Indian planes were targeting their center in #Balakot. He criticizes @ImranKhanPTI for releasing #IndianAirForce pilot #Abhinandhan. He also calls Pakistanis for joining #jihad in Indian-administered #Kashmir pic.twitter.com/j4pQ4WG96T
— Taha Siddiqui (@TahaSSiddiqui) March 2, 2019
The audio message was first posted by Taha Siddiqui, a Pakistani journalist who now lives in exile France.
According to Siddiqui, the audio clipping was from 28th February when the JeM leadership held an event in Peshawar.
Here is the poster of the event where the #JeM leadership spoke, on the eve of 28th February, 2019. This event apparently happened in #Peshawar city. Pakistani government must look into this and take action against such militancy radicalizing vulnerable population pic.twitter.com/Chpyvnq0UY
— Taha Siddiqui (@TahaSSiddiqui) March 2, 2019
Pakistani journalists: INDIA DID NOT HIT ANYTHING IN BALAKOT!!!
— Taha Siddiqui (@TahaSSiddiqui) March 4, 2019
Me: Maybe, but you know there is a #JeM seminary there that the Pakistan army has blocked journalists' access to? We must investigate tht...
Pakistani journalists: YOU ARE A TRAITOR !!!
Me: pic.twitter.com/joE3tp3UHl
This is indeed the key point. If you breed vipers in your backyard, one day they will bite you
— William Dalrymple (@DalrympleWill) March 3, 2019
یہ جو خارجہ پالیسی ہے#اس_کے_پیچھے_وردی_ہے https://t.co/IbdJokRGbj
— Taha Siddiqui (@TahaSSiddiqui) March 3, 2019