The successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon’s South Pole has received praise from countries worldwide. Pakistan is also included in these. Pakistan’s media outlets covered India’s historic achievements extensively. Former ministers and news anchors lauded the achievement of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
A show on the Pakistani news channel Geo News discussed India’s lunar achievement in the context of the country’s challenges. A clip of this show is becoming increasingly viral on social media. The hosts of the show, Huma Amir Shah and Abdullah Sultan, discussed the current situation of India-Pakistan. During this, TV anchor Huma says, “India has reached the moon, and we are stuck in the middle.”
“We need to broaden our horizons,” she adds. She also suggests that India and Pakistan can turn their animosity into beneficial competition in areas such as space exploration. He praised India’s lunar mission a lot. Both the TV anchors described it as ‘wonderful’. Both also said that they feel pleased about this achievement. The anchor says, “We were happy to be sitting here.”
The anchor says India has reached the moon. Guess what. We are stuck in the middle and engaged in their battles. The crowd is getting over. We are involved in calling our children moon and moon. What a (amazing) view at the Indian Space Center. Our complexion is also the same, our hair colour is also the same, yet there is a lot of difference.
Kaam aisa karo ki dushman bhi taarif kre. pic.twitter.com/dUIZJC5xLI
— Zaira Nizaam ???????? (@Zaira_Nizaam) August 25, 2023
Pakistan Calls Chandrayaan-3’s Success A ‘Great Scientific Achievement’
Earlier, describing the success of India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission as a “great scientific achievement”, Pakistan lauded the scientists of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Major dailies of Pakistan praised India for achieving this feat with less budget than rich countries.
Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch was asked to react to the successful soft-landing of the Chandrayaan-3 lander module during the daily press conference on Friday. In her brief response, she said, “All I can say is that it is a great scientific achievement. ISRO scientists deserve appreciation for this.”
Pakistan had officially ignored India’s historic success till now. However, Pakistani newspapers gave front-page coverage to this historic moment. The newspaper ‘Dawn’ in its editorial ‘India’s space exploration’ described the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission as historic. He said that India deserves appreciation for this special achievement, as it achieved with a low budget what rich countries had achieved by spending huge sums of money.
