New Delhi, July 30 -- In a candid admission, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's Adviser on Political Affairs, Rana Sanaullah, has said that militants once trained as 'Mujahideen' had become a burden for the country.

"These are the same people we once trained as Mujahideen. We sent them to fight, and today they are hanging around our necks," Sanaullah said during a Geo TV programme hosted by journalist Hamid Mir amid unrest in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).

Sanaullah is a Palistani politician who has been serving as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs since April 2024. Previously, he served as the 39th Interior Minister of Pakistan in the first Shehbaz Sharif government.

The Arabic 'Mujahideen...