Pakistanis offer Indians ‘Abhinandan tea’ at London protest.
Pakistanis responded calmly to an anti-Pakistan protest staged by Indian nationals outside the Pakistan embassy in London.
Instead of escalating tensions, they offered the protesters “Abhinandan tea”, a symbolic gesture referencing the 2019 India-Pakistan crisis.
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According to diplomatic sources, the India-Pakistan tensions are now spilling out of the boundaries.
They also put on display the posters of Indian pilots at the stall. Abhinandan was caught when his plane crashed during the Swift Retort operation.
Pakistanis also put on display some posters inscribed with slogans against the Indian involvement in Pakistan’s internal matters.
Group Captain Abhinandan Vardhaman VrC is an Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison fighter pilot who, on 27 February 2019, was held captive by the Pakistan Army when his plane was shot down by the Pakistan Air Force inside Pakistani territory, 7 km from LOC and repatriated on 1 March 2019.
