New Delhi, February 28: After Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said captured Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman will be released as a "gesture of peace", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that “Abhi abhi ek pilot project pura ho gaya. Abhi real karna hai, pehle toh practice thi.” PM Modi made this statement while speaking at Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. IAF Pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman Will Be Released by Pakistan Tomorrow As 'Peace Gesture'.

Speaking at the event, PM Modi said, "Aap toh laboratories me zindagi guzarne vale log hai aur apme pehle ‘pilot project’ karne ki parampara hoti hai. pilot project karne ke baad scalability hoti hai. Abhi abhi ek pilot project pura ho gaya. Abhi real karna hai, pehle toh practice thi (You people spend your lives in laboratories. It would be your custom to make a pilot project. A pilot project is made scaleable after completion. Just now one pilot project has been completed. Now we have to make it real, earlier it was just practice)," he said.

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Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Thursday said that his government has decided to release IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was taken into custody by neighbouring country following an aerial engagement with the Pakistan Air Force at the LoC, tomorrow. “We have captured Indian pilot. As a peace gesture, we will release him tomorrow... Pakistan acted with caution and restraint and replied to Indian aggression only to show that we are capable of safeguarding our sovereignty," Imran Khan said while addressing the national assembly.

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