Pakistan does a 'monkey see, monkey do' again: This time sends Bilawal Bhutto to counter Shashi Tharoor

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited soldiers in Adampur air base in Punjab, Pakistan decided to do a copycat move by sending PM Shehbaz Sharif to Parsur Cantonment in Sialkot. Now with New Delhi sending an all-party delegation to various countries to brief about Operation Sindoor, Islamabad also decided to do a monkey see, monkey do.

India had earlier declared that it will send a delegation of MPs to the EU headquarters in Brussels and 32 countries in order to present India's resolved to counter terrorism following the deadly Pahalgam attack that claimed 26 lives. The global outreach will not just have NDA leaders, but also leaders from opposition, including Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, DMK MP Kanimozhi, NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule and several others.

Astounded by India's diplomatic outreach, Pakistan has decided to imitate the move to save its image in front of the world. Islamabad announced that former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto from the opposition party PPP will head the delegation.

Bilawal said PM Shehbaz Sharif asked him to lead the team. "I am honoured to accept this responsibility and remain committed to serving Pakistan in these challenging times," he added.

Bilawal who is educated abroad is seen as a counter to Shashi Tharoor, who was formerly an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and later Minister of State for External Affairs. Currently, the MP from Thiruvananthapuram is serving as Chairman of Committee on External Affairs.

This is not the first times that Pakistan is doing a monkey see, monkey do. PM Modi chaired several high-level meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Security and other panels to decide India's response to the Pahalgam terror attack. After Modi gave the armed forces "complete freedom to decide on the mode, timing and targets" of Operation Sindoor, Pakistan held a similar meeting of its National Security Committee and parroted similar statements.

After India banned 16 Pakistani YouTube channels like Dawn, SamaaTV and Geo News over propaganda, Pakistan also banned 16 Indian YouTube channels

When the chiefs of Indian armed forces carried out a press briefing with evidences of Indian airstrikes, Pakistan also decided to do a similar press meet. However, the Pakistani military chiefs resorted to bragging without any actual proofs to show the world. Several media appearances of Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif also put Pakistan in a state of embarrassment over remarks like "evidence is on social media".

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