“Blame game and finger-pointing would be unhelpful”.
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“I also assure the House that the government will do everything possible to prevent cross-border terrorism aimed against India“.
“We have noted with concern a continuing tendency of India to cast blame on Pakistan for any terrorist incident in India”.
The union home minister said the Border Security Force was always on the alert though some terrorist might have succeeded in infiltrating due to heavy rains and swelling of rivers and nullahs on the border.
The spokesman did not comment on the death of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar but did say Pakistan was investigating reports of his death.
“… Pakistan categorically rejects the baseless allegations made by Rajnath Singh…”
Last evening, Pakistani forces killed an Indian jawan in the Poonch sector along the Line of Control (LoC), some 200 kilometres southwest of Srinagar. Earlier, speaking at his weekly press briefing, the spokesperson stated that Pakistan itself is a victim of terrorism and it is unfortunate that the Indian media started blaming Pakistan while the operation against the attackers was still going on.
Khalilullah did not specify the date nor the venue of the talks.
Better sense also prevailed when despite the tensions between the two sides Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in a touching gesture visited the Indian High Commission, Islamabad, on Thursday to sign the condolence book on the passing away of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, former president of India.
Reading out a statement on the recent Gurdaspur terror attack, which claimed several lives and injured others, Singh said, “Government has been, and will remain, resolute in this regard”. What appeared to be improvised explosive devices on railway tracks, were also shown.
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The government today asserted that the Gurdaspur attack had a Pakistan connection, saying there is overwhelmingly conclusive evidence that the three terrorists had infiltrated from there to carry out the strike.
