Claim
This same thing (killing Hindus) was said, and that is when the Pahalgam attack happened.
“और यही बोला था तभी पहलगाम हमला हुआ था।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
There is a factual kernel: anti-Hindu/anti-non-Muslim rhetoric did precede the April 2025 Pahalgam attack — Asim Munir's two-nation-theory speech (April 16) and a militant rally in Rawalakot threatening non-Muslims (April 18) came days before militants religiously segregated and killed mostly Hindu tourists. However, the anchor's framing that 'this same thing (killing Hindus) was said, and that is when the attack happened' overstates the record on two counts: the most-cited statement (Munir's) asserted Hindu-Muslim difference but did not call for killing Hindus, and no investigation has established a direct causal link between any specific statement and the attack. The temporal juxtaposition is real; the implied direct call-and-effect is not established, making the claim misleading rather than accurate. No Indian fact-checker (AltNews, BOOM, Factly, Newschecker, PIB) has adjudicated this specific on-air claim.
Evidence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Pahalgam_attack Documents the April 22, 2025 attack in which militants segregated and killed Hindu tourists, and notes an April 18 Khaigala rally in Rawalakot (Pakistan) where militant leaders threatened violence against non-Muslims in J&K days before the attack. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://theprint.in/diplomacy/asim-munir-pakistans-preacher-strategist-army-chief-who-went-for-the-jugular-days-before-pahalgam/2602922/ Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir's April 16, 2025 speech invoked the two-nation theory, calling Hindus different from Muslims 'in every way' and Kashmir Pakistan's 'jugular vein', days before the attack — but it did not literally call for killing Hindus. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.deccanherald.com/world/pakistan-army-chief-general-munir-highlights-two-nation-theory-again-3512267 Coverage of Munir reasserting the two-nation theory, the speech most commonly cited in Indian media as the rhetoric preceding Pahalgam. ✓ reachable · archived