India has said the militants who attacked the military base had come from Pakistan and belonged to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), headed by Masood Azhar – the militant commander released in exchange for passengers of an Indian Airlines flight hijacked to Afghanistan in December 1999. “Despite jingoism and sabre rattling, India will think twice before launching any strike against Pakistan, the official that was ” included while speaking on the condition of anonymity. Schools and some public buildings in the area were shut while a manhunt was conducted, and security was tightened at other coastal facilities. India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over control of Kashmir since they won independence from British colonialists in 1947. Rajnath Singh, the Indian Foreign Affairs Minister made a strong statement on Twitter, “Pakistan being a terrorist state should be isolated after being identified as such. Over a hundred Kashmiris have been killed, hundreds, including children and infants, blinded by shotgun pellets and over six thousand unarmed civilians injured over the past two months”. Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Afghnaistan’s Vice President Sarwar Danesh said his country has repeatedly asked Pakistan to destroy known terrorist safe havens but there has been no change in the situation. Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir, in a conversation with ABP News has claimed to have seen F-16 fighter jets flying in Pakistan sky on Thursday night. “If Pakistan has developed the Nasr, then it means against their immediate adversary, India”. “With the approval of authorities, many terrorist organisations raise funds openly in flagrant violation of Pakistan’s worldwide obligations”, Gambhir said.
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Some Pakistani press outlets also reported that the military exercises had caused a sharp drop in the nation’s stock market, based in Karachi.
Highlighting the terrorist attack on Uri Army base that killed 18 Indian soldiers as the latest in a long series of Pakistani machinations, Gambhir said, “What we see in Pakistan, Mr President, is a terrorist state, which channelises billions of dollars, much of it diverted from worldwide aid, to training, financing and supporting terrorist groups as militant proxies against it neighbours”.
Surjewala slammed Sharif and said, “Pakistan must abandon terrorism as its state policy”. “It doesn’t mean we are going to war”.
“Mian Sahib should have consulted with the politicians before proceeding to USA for address in United Nations”, he said. “We will take revenge”, said Indresh Kumar, a Hindu nationalist leader. “We don’t want a war but we have the right to defend our land”.
On Friday, Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria denied Pakistani involvement in Sunday’s attack. India and others in the region are suffering from Pakistan’s long-standing policy of sponsoring terrorism, “the consequences of which have spread well beyond our region”, Indian diplomat Enam Gambhir said in UNGA.
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After waging war for hours and days, television anchors in war suits ably aided by sections of the print media, are now spending time going over worldwide statements post Uri to prove that the world is one with India in teaching Pakistan a lesson. “Our forces are well prepared to counter any Indian attack, our air force is doing the exercises and the motorway is also being used for that”. “If they are developing such low-yield weapons it has to be against India”, said another defense expert.
