JI senator criticised for calling Jordanian King traitor

WEB DESK: Twitter users have criticised Jamaat-i-Islami Senator Mushtaq Ahmad for calling Jordan’s King Abdullah-II a traitor.

Mushtaq called Abdullah a traitor after Jordan aligned itself with Israel’s allies to help intercept the drones fired by Iran on Saturday. The comment made by Mushtaq Ahmed went viral on social media, with most people criticising him.

Former Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider also also took except to Mushtaq’s comments saying: “It was Jordon who gave 2-star fighters to Pakistan in 1971 war. Recently, Pakistan got 12 used F-16 from Jordon too. A senator should not speak like this. It’s my personal humble opinion,” wrote Raja Muhammad Farooq in a post on social media platform ‘X’.

Read more: Israel says it shot down Iranian salvo ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with US

Israel’s repelling of a massive Iranian drone and missile salvo was fully coordinated with the Pentagon, which had a US operational liaison officer in the control room of the Arrow ballistic air defence system, a senior Israeli official said on Monday.

The United States, along with Britain, France and Jordan, helped Israel intercept the bulk of the weekend barrage and potentially stave off escalation between the regional enemies.

At least half of the hundreds of pilotless one-way planes, cruise missiles and surface-to-surface missiles, which Israel said carried a total of 60 tonnes of explosives, were shot down by Israeli warplanes and aerial shields, according to local media.