Pakistan’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Saturday that there should be worldwide investigation of Uri attack as Pakistan’s interference is not possible, reported Dunya News.
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Modi also asked Pakistan’s people to question leaders of their country as to why India exports software and Pakistan exports terrorism despite getting Independence together.
“Wherever there is news of terror, there is news that either the terrorist first went to this country or later, after the incident, like Osama Bin Laden”, he said addressing a rally in southern Kerala state.
Hitting out at Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s repeated attempts to invoke Jammu & Kashmir in his addresses, PM Modi said that Pakistan is aiming for Kashmir, they should first look at the land they have already captured i.e. PoK, Gilgit and Balochistan. The Prime Minister, who has been having meetings with top ministers, BJP leaders and service chiefs in the last few days, however, did not spell out the nature of what India’s response would be.
Modi’s speech in the southern Indian town of Kozhikode was his first since 18 soldiers were killed in an attack on an army base in Indian-controlled Kashmir last Sunday. ANI said National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval was also present for the meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg.
Modi accused Pakistan of exporting terrorism, saying that “There is one country in Asia which wants bloodbath in Asia”.
“Terrorists should hear out clearly that India will never forget the Uri attack”. But still Pakistan is ready to provide help in investigation. The attack claimed the lives of 18 Indian soldiers.
Modi exhorted the people of Pakistan to eschew the path of violence and work to eradicate social ills such as poverty and unemployment.
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The PM’s comments in May this year, on the second anniversary of his government-“Pakistan’s failure to take effective action in punishing the perpetrators of terror attacks limits the forward progress in our ties” – had come at a time when New Delhi and Islamabad had put the dialogue process on hold after the Pathankot attack.
