The government also responded to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s United Nations speech, in which he raised the Kashmir protests and glorified terrorist Burhan Wani, with a sharply worded statement.
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Pakistan blamed India for ongoing intricacies in Kashmir by calling terrorist Burhan Muzaffar Wani as a youth leader.
After summoning the Pakistan High Commissioner to India on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said, “The latest terrorist attack in Uri only underlines that the infrastructure of terrorism in Pakistan remains active”, S Jaishankar told Basit.
Sharif said Pakistan wanted peace with India and had repeatedly offered dialogue.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has accused India of putting “unacceptable” conditions on holding talks with Pakistan amid increased tensions between the South Asian neighbors.
Commenting on reports that Brahmdagh Bugti was seeking political asylum in India, he said this only adds to the fact that India is deeply involved in terrorism in Balochistan. “That terrorist attack is part of a trail of continuous flow of terrorists trained and armed by our neighbour and tasked to carry out terrorist attacks in my country”, Gambhir said. Kashmir, a kingdom at the time, seceded to the government in New Delhi and gained a special autonomous status in the Indian constitution.
He also said that Pakistan was “open to discussing all measures of restraint and responsibility with India, in any forum or format and without any conditions”.
Dismissing Sharif’s allegations, India asked how he can deny Pakistan’s involvement in the Uri attack when New Delhi has all ready provided it substantial proof.
The Secretary of State, during an earlier meeting with Sharif, warned terrorists using Pakistan’s territory as a safe abode for conducting attacks across the world.
Wani is a “self-declared commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen”, Akbar said.
Referring to the continued brutalities of Indian forces in Kashmir, the spokesman called upon the UN Secretary-General, UN Human Rights Commissioner and global community to take measures to stop bloodshed in Occupied Kashmir.
The diplomat reminded the United Nations that the trail of the most “horrifying” and “dastardly terror attack” of 9/11 led all the way to Abbottabad in Pakistan, where Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding “for years” and was killed by U.S. forces. His rhetorical question stems from Pakistan’s reticence in prosecuting those on its soil who India accuses of being involved in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, including Hafiz Saeed.
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“Talks are in the interests of both countries. They are essential to resolve our differences, especially the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, and to avert the danger of any escalation”, the Pakistani prime minister said.
