Pak propaganda ‘juvenile’ : India

After Pakistan attacked India over the recent Ayodhya verdict of the Supreme Court and the Kashmir issue at the 40th session of the general conference of UN body Unesco in Paris, India lashed out at Pakistan on Thursday, reminding the world where the perpetrator of the 9/11 attack in the US (Osama bin Laden) was found hiding. New Delhi also strongly hailed the Ayodhya verdict, saying it is “about the rule of law and equal respect for all faiths, concepts that are alien to Pakistan and its ethos.”

The fresh war of words between the two south Asian neighbours also comes after Pakistan on Wednesday blatantly interfered in India’s internal affairs by criticising the Ayodhya verdict of Supreme Court at the Unesco forum in Paris. According to reports, Pakistan education minister Shafqat

Mahmood criticised the Ayodhya verdict at the meet and had alleged that it was contrary to the values of religious freedom.

Meanwhile, Pakistan foreign secretary Sohail Mahmood had also called a meeting of envoys of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member-nations in Islamabad on Wednesday and had criticised the Ayodhya verdict in their presence.

“We condemn the unwarranted comments made by Pakistan, refute Pakistan’s juvenile propaganda to malign India through fabricated lies, full of deceit and deception. The (Ayodhya) judgment is about the rule of law and equal respect for all faiths, concepts that are alien to Pakistan and its ethos. So, while Pakistan’s lack of comprehension is not surprising, their pathological compulsion to comment on our internal affairs with the obvious intent of spreading hatred is condemnable,” India told the UN body in Paris.