Deccan Chronicle

India plotting Pak hit to divert Oppn attention: Qureshi FIRST HINDU TEMPLE TO COME UP IN ISLAMABAD

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Islamabad, June 24: A day after Pakistan was asked to reduce its staff at its High Commission in New Delhi by half, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday accused India of plotting an attack on his country to divert its Opposition’s attention from its border dispute with China. Speaking to Geo Pakistan, Qureshi said, “India’s mood is clear [for all to see] as it wants to divert attention from its border dispute with China to Pakistan.” He claimed that India was finding excuses to launch a ‘false flag operation’ against Pakistan.

But he did not elaborate or give any evidence. “The Opposition in India is raising questions that their government can’t answer," he said, referring to the criticism being faced by the Modi government regarding its response to the border dispute with China in the Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed.

Qureshi warned India to refrain from launching any attacks on his country, saying Pakistan would respond with full force if

Islamabad, June 24: Pakistan has started the constructi­on process of a Rs 10 crore Hindu temple — the first in Islamabad. The Krishna temple will come up in a 20,000 sq ft plot at the capital’s H-9 area. The groundbrea­king ceremony for the temple was performed by Parliament­ary Secretary on Human Rights Lal Chand Malhi on Tuesday.

New Delhi embarks on “any misadventu­re”.

Stating that India had levelled baseless allegation­s against Pakistani diplomats of spying in New Delhi, he alleged that they was harassed in India and their cars were followed by authoritie­s. He said that the Indian Charge d’ Affaires in Islamabad was summoned and told that the same treatment would be meted out to the Indian staff.

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