Former Pakistani foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar faced scrutiny defending a man identified as LeT leader Hafiz Abdul Rauf, who led funeral prayers for terrorists killed in India's Operation Sindoor. Khar denied his identity, but the interviewer pointed out a matching US Treasury-listed ID number. Khar then claimed the Pakistani army wasn't defending a US-proscribed individual.
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