‘Indian army chief’s statement can endanger regional peace’
islamabad — Pakistan on Thursday warned that any Indian misadventure of surgical strikes could endanger regional peace and stability.
Referring to Indian Army Chief’s statement on surgical strikes, Foreign Office spokesperson, Nafees Zakaria told his weekly Press briefing that such irresponsible statements can cause uncomfortable environment, not only for Pakistan but also for the regional countries.
“Pakistan urges the international community to take notice of such absurd lies and false claims on India’s behalf,” he added.
“In 2016, the then Director General ISPR Lt-Gen. Asim Salim Bajwa also described the Indian claim of surgical strike as baseless. To prove, he took national and international media representatives to the area where India had claimed to have conducted surgical strikes”, he said.
He said Prime Minister Sahid Khaqan Abbasi in his speech during UNGA also reaffirmed that Pakistan
pakistan urges the international community to take notice of such absurd lies and false claims on india’s behalf
Nafees Zakaria, Foreign Office spokesman
was firmly resolved to protect its dignity and honour and will strongly react to any threat.
The spokesperson said that Pakistan’s delegation, headed by the prime minister, accompanied by the foreign minister and foreign secretary, concluded its visit early this week after attending the 72nd UNGA and other activities.
“The visit was a success, prime minister’s address to the UNGA, meetings and other activities of the prime minister, foreign minister and foreign secretary on the sidelines afforded opportunity to present Pakistan’s perspective on the prevailing security situation in the region, opportunities and challenges in the wake of the evolving regional scenario, developments and achievements of Pakistan on the economic and security fronts”, he added.
He said that the opportunity was also availed to forcefully highlight the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, grave human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir at the hands of Indian occupation forces and state’s involvement in terrorism, terror financing and use of Afghan soil to launch terrorist attacks with the help of TTP, JuA and other terrorist outfits based in Afghanistan.
To a question, he said India is trying to hide behind the non-issue and creating havoc over the picture presented by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative in UN Maliha Lodhi, but fact of the matter is India can’t deny killing of civilians in Kashmir, injuring of thousands of Kahsmiris in pallet guns attacks and forced disappearing. — APP