India reminded of its ‘limited defence’ capabilities

Foreign Office urges world to take notice of Indian ‘state-sponsored terror’

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan on Friday urged the international community to take notice of India’s “state-sponsored terrorism” after a US Foreign Policy magazine published an incriminating report, tracing some of the deadly terrorist attacks in different countries to India.

“Pakistan has been consistently sensitising the international community regarding India’s involvement in terrorism to destabilise Pakistan and the region,” Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri told a weekly news briefing here.

“Recently, we have seen many international endorsements, which vindicate Pakistan’s consistent position that India is a state sponsor of terrorism,” he said, adding that the report by the US magazine further exposed the true face of India—the so-called largest democracy in the world.

“India’s belligerent posture and expansionist policies are imperilling regional peace and stability,” he said. “Pakistan has already shared with the international community incriminating evidence regarding Indian intelligence agency RAW’s involvement in terrorist activities in Pakistan.”

Chaudhri stressed that the international community must take immediate cognisance of India’s use of state terrorism as a tool to destabilise the region.

Reacting to the recent statement by the Indian Air Force chief that his country was ready for “two-front war” with China and Pakistan, the spokesperson termed it an irresponsible and reflection of “RSS-BJP mindset”.

“Such provocative statements are a true reflection of RSS-BJP mindset, a dangerous mix of extremist ideology and hegemonic designs,” the spokesperson said.

He said that it was ironic that certain senior Indian political and military leaders continued to make a career out of issuing provocative statements against Pakistan at the cost of putting regional peace and security as well as India’s own security at risk.

While making such braggadocio, the Indian Air Force chief must not forget India’s defence limitations, so embarrassingly exposed to the world, first during its misadventure in Balakot and more recently in Ladakh, he further said.

The spokesperson reminded India that it must not underestimate the “resolve of the Pakistani nation and the preparedness of our armed forces against any ill-conceived misadventure” by India.

“In the interest of peace and prosperity in South Asia, India must abandon its 3rd century ‘Chanakya Doctrine’ and adopt the 21st century model of regional peace and development,” he maintained.

The spokesperson reiterated Pakistan’s call for independent judicial inquiry into the gruesome killing of prominent Kashmiri lawyer and activist, Babar Qadri, who was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Srinagar.

“Since all of India’s state institutions have lost credibility due to the deep permeation of extremist Hindutva ideology, any investigation into the Indian crimes in IIOJK, to be acceptable to the Kashmiris and to the international community, must be held under strict international scrutiny.”

The international community, particularly the United Nations and human rights bodies, must take immediate cognisance of the RSS-BJP regime’s genocidal tendencies and hold India accountable for these serious crimes against innocent Kashmiri people, Chaudhri said

He said that Pakistan welcomed the recent statement by the chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, which served as another damning indictment of the Indian government’s human rights record.

“Marginalisation of communities in India, including religious minorities, particularly Muslims, has become a hallmark of the RSS-BJP government’s policies – a fact which this statement particularly highlights.”

The statement also expressed concern that “journalists and other peaceful critics continue to be arrested under draconian counterterrorism and sedition laws, while human rights defenders are unceasingly and severely targeted by the authorities,” Chaudhri told reporters.