Jun 06, 2025 09:57 AM IST

Ishaan Tharoor requested a query about Pakistan’s involvement within the Pahalgam assault and whether or not any nation requested the staff led by Shashi Tharoor for proof.

Ishaan Tharoor on Thursday grilled his father and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who’s within the United States main an all-party delegation on Operation Sindoor.

Ishaan Tharoor is a US-based journalist and the son of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.(X/ Ishaan Tharoor)

Ishaan Tharoor requested a query about Pakistan’s involvement within the Pahalgam terror assault and whether or not any nation had requested the delegation led by his father for proof of Pakistan’s involvement within the lethal Pahalgam terrorist assault on April 22 that killed 26 individuals, largely vacationers. 

Ishaan Tharoor additionally requested about Pakistan’s constant denial of its involvement within the assault. To this, Shashi Tharoor stated India wouldn’t have retaliated in the way in which it did if there was not convincing proof towards Pakistan.

Who is Ishaan Tharoor?

  • Ishaan Tharoor is the son of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who’s a journalist based mostly in Washington, DC, United States. Ishaan is a world affairs columnist with the Washington Post.
  • Born in Singapore in 1984 whereas his father labored as a diplomat, he has a twin brother, Kanishk Tharoor.
  • Ishaan Tharoor obtained his bachelor’s diploma from Yale University in 2006, majoring in historical past and ethnicity, together with race and migration. He obtained the Sudler fellowship, in response to his LinkedIn profile.
  • Ishaan began his profession as a journalist with Time journal as a reporter in 2006, earlier than climbing the ladder as a senior editor for the New York City space. He left Time in 2014 to hitch the Washington Post within the US capital.
  • Ishaan has additionally been a trainer, working as an adjunct teacher at Georgetown University for a few years from 2018. According to his LinkedIn profile, he taught ‘Global Affairs in the Digital Age’ on the college’s School of Foreign Service. 
  • The father-son second between Ishaan and Shashi Tharoor introduced the previous into the limelight in India. Like his dad, he has made it massive on the world stage already.