‘Rul jao gay’: Defence minister’s advice for Pakistani youngster in love with Indian girl

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, in an exclusive interview with The Current, offered advice on Friday to a Pakistani who had fallen in love with an Indian girl.

During the interview, The Current presented a question from one of its followers, asking, “I met an Indian girl online and we fell in love. Should I stay with her even after the military clashes?”

Before replying to the question, Asif remarked that “ingrained rivalry” with India is part of his personality. He then suggested that the Pakistani boy should not marry the Indian girl, because, "Rull jao gay. [It will be very difficult.]" 

Having a faint smile on his face, Asif concluded his response by saying, “Find someone in Pakistan [to marry].”

Nuclear-armed arch-rivals Pakistan and India faced off in their most serious military and diplomatic standoff after New Delhi cowardly launched missiles at Pakistan on the night of May 6 and 7.

In retaliation, Islamabad struck multiple Indian airfields, including Pathankot, Udampur and others. A storage site of Brahmos missiles in Beas area was also destroyed.

The strikes following the April 22 attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) in Pahalgam in which 26 civilians, including a Nepalese national, were killed. 

Without conducting an investigation and providing proof, Islamabad was accused of orchestrating the attack, which Pakistan strongly rejected, offering instead a transparent investigation into the incident.