She also referred to the latest attacks on the Uri army base, at India-administered Kashmir’s border with Pakistan. Gambhir said the archaeological site in Rawalpindi district of Punjab is attracting aspirants and apprentices from across the world.
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Muhammad Faisal, a director general at the Foreign Office, rejected Gambhir’s accusations that Pakistan was promoting terrorism in India-held Kashmir (IHK) and elsewhere, saying that the Kashmiri uprising after the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani “was spontaneous and indigenous”.
To a question, Zakaria said there is concrete evidence of Indian sponsored terrorism and terrorist financing in Pakistan especially in Balochistan and Karachi.
He also hailed slain militant commander Burhan Wani a “young leader murdered by Indian forces”. He also urged United Nations, and worldwide community to stop killings and human rights violations in Indian held Kashmir.
It is ironical therefore that we have seen today the preaching of human rights and ostensible support for self-determination by a country which has established itself as the global epicentre of terrorism, she said. “It was shocking that a leader of a nation can glorify a self declared, a self- advertised terrorist at such a forum”. “This organisation is widely acknowledged as a terrorist group internationally”.
Defending Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policy with Pakistan from charges of being unsure and always see-sawing, the MoS stated that the former’s policy with the hostile neighbour has been consistent since day one. The Afghan government has suggested that South Asian states should come together to boycott the SAARC summit in Islamabad over Pakistan’s role in “destabilising” the neighbourhood. He scoffed at Islamabad for wanting dialogue while holding a gun, adding India will “never succumb to such tactics and blackmail”.
He said Pakistan and its leaders are committing crimes against the residents of Kashmir, demanding that the country stop “exporting terror and let its neighbours live in peace”.
The ‘Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act (HR 6069) has been moved by two US lawmakers- Republican Ted Poe and Democrat Dana Rohrabacher- in the US House of Representatives to designate Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism.
“We heard the glorification of a terrorist”.
On the question of the dossier that Sharif handed over to United Nations secretary general Ban ki-Moon, Swarup said, “As far as the so called dossier Nawaz Sharif spoke of in his speech, we find no mention of it in United Nations”. It extends support to extremist groups, it suppresses minorities and women and denies basic human rights including through draconian laws.
Meanwhile, a bill was introduced by two senior legislators in the US Congress seeking to declare Pakistan as a terrorist state.
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She also said that Pakistan’s deceptive and deceitful restraint, renunciation are diabolical in nature.
