Tribune News Service

Ambala, March 29

Members of the Ex-Servicemen Welfare Committee today criticised the BJP government for permitting Pakistan’s Joint Investigation Team to visit the Pathankot air base to probe the terrorist attack. They said, by doing so, the government has insulted the martyrs who laid their lives for the country.Subedar Atrar Singh Multani, president, Ex-Servicemen Welfare Committee, said, “It was unfortunate the Government of India has allowed the Pakistan team, including the representatives of ISI, to visit the Pathankot air base. It will bring down the moral of the security forces.”He said it was like asking the culprit to investigate its own crime, adding that any positive outcome from the visit was highly unlikely.JP Mehta, senior president of the committee, said “The government has compromised national security by allowing access to the Air Force base. Pakistan will never punish or hand over Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar or Lakhvi to India, who have been the mastermind behind the terrorist activities in the country.”