Sushma hits back at Sharif, says Kashmir will never become Pak’s

Behind Pakistan’s unabashed embrace and encouragement to terrorism lies its delusional though dangerous dream that Kashmir will one day become Pakistan’s... This dream will not be realised even at the end of eternity. SUSHMA SWARAJ, external affairs minister

NEW DELHI: Mounting a scathing attack on Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over his comments on the unrest in Kashmir, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said Pakistan’s embrace to terrorism was driven by its “delusional” but “dangerous” dream that Kashmir will one day become a part of Pakistan.

India and Pakistan have been trading charges ever since Kashmir was gripped in turmoil following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. Swaraj said Pakistan’s state machinery was in active partnership with “United Nations-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed and other leading terrorists belonging to internationally proscribed organisations.”

“Behind Pakistan’s unabashed embrace and encouragement to terrorism lies its delusional though dangerous dream that Kashmir will one day become Pakistan’s, as Prime Minister Sharif said yesterday (on Friday)”, she said.

The foreign minister reinforced that Kashmir was part of India’s sovereign territory and said: “The whole of India would like to tell the Prime Minister of Pakistan that this dream (of his) will not be realised even at the end of eternity. The whole of Jammu and Kashmir belongs to India.” The minister also hit back at Pakistan for commemorating Wani’s death.

“In the last few days, the Pakistan leadership, including its Prime Minister praised Burhan Wani, a wanted terrorist, as a martyr”, the external affairs minister said.

She said Wani was carrying an award of ` 10 Lakh on his head because he had “perpetrated heinous crimes including the murder of elected representatives and security personnel.”