-Islamabad reminds New Delhi not to repeat any mistake
-Terms Indian propaganda as an attempt to smash will of Kashmiris
By Makhdoom
Shehryar Babar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday firmly rejected the recent spate of ‘false terrorism-related assertions’ by India, stating that some detached reported incidents were being presented as a ‘so-called ‘terror’ plot’.
In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said that the recent false accusations were “nothing but [a] continuation of the sinister Indian design to yet again raise the ‘terrorism’ bogey to malign Pakistan.”
It noted that in order to build on this orchestrated ‘terrorism’ narrative against Pakistan, a section of the Indian media reported that India had intercepted a message from a ‘Pakistani’ WhatsApp number as well as seized an ‘empty boat’ in Maharashtra along with some weapons. The statement furthered that segments of the Indian media deceitfully sought to link these to the “preposterous claims about a so-called ‘Mumbai style’ attack being planned.” While strongly denouncing the latest Indian insinuations and allegations, Pakistan called upon India “not to make any mistake again”.
The statement furthered that: “Pakistan stands ready and resolute and is fully capable of effectively responding to any misadventure as was manifestly evident in response to India’s ill-advised and irresponsible action in February 2019.”
The FO spokesperson was alluding to when Indian planes violated Pakistani airspace and conducted air strikes inside Pakistani territory.
Separately, the Indian media also reported that the Indian intelligence and border forces were on high alert for possible ‘cross-border infiltration’ attempts along Rajauri, it added.
“The mischievous Indian propaganda campaign and baseless allegations against Pakistan reflected its utter desperation emanating from its complete failure to break the will of the Kashmiri people in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK),” added the spokesperson.
“The possibility of a choreographed ‘false flag activity’ to target Pakistan and negatively affect its political and economic interests could not be ruled out, as Indian propaganda was pointing in that direction,” he asserted.
The statement maintained that: “India must recognise that no amount of its false propaganda can deter Pakistan from exposing India’s brutalization of the Kashmiri people through an unabated military siege, indiscriminate use of force, extra-judicial killings, incarceration of Kashmiri leaders and youth, a crackdown on the media and human rights activists, and denial of access to international human rights and humanitarian organisations to IIOJK.”
Pakistan also urged the international community to take immediate cognizance of the fact that India was yet again resorting to classic ‘false flag’ methods to advance its sinister designs and that this could have serious implications for peace and security in the region.
“The international community must urge India to act responsibly,” the FO said.
He said that India should be held accountable for its gross and systematic violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in IIOJK.
“The realisation of sustainable peace, stability and prosperity in South Asia remained contingent upon peaceful resolution of the long-standing Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people,” he added.
