Pakistan to UN: Take note of India’s ‘open admission’

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday unleashed a barrage attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks in Dhaka saying it was aimed at fanning hatred and souring ties with Bangladesh as the army chief pledged to foil any “evil” designs against the country.

 

A day after mellowed reaction from the Foreign Office calling as regretful Modi’s remarks that Pakistan was creating disturbance and instigating terrorism in India, Pakistan Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz stepped up the attack on India in a speech in Parliament.

 

He said his country will take all steps to “expose” India's role in the break up of East Pakistan in 1971 and to “destabilise” it through terrorism. Addressing the Senate, Aziz said Islamabad has already taken “strong notice” of Prime Minister Modi's statement “acknowledging” India's “intervention” in events of 1971.

 

“Pakistan will take all possible steps to expose India’s role in the breakup of East Pakistan in 1971 and its threat to destabilise Pakistan through terrorism,” he alleged. 

While chairing the Formation Commanders Conference in Rawalpindi comprising top military commanders, Army Chief Raheel Sharif pledged to foil any “evil” designs against the country.

 

The forum took “serious notice of recent Indian hostile rhetoric coupled with their covert & overt actions to destabilise Pak”, Military spokesman Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa said in one of the seven tweets regarding the conference.

 

Sharif “reiterated resolve to defeat their designs, defend Pakistan’s territorial integrity at any cost. None should dare to cast an evil eye on Pakistan,” he tweeted. “Regrettable, Indian politicians not only indulge in actions violating UN Charter, but also take pride in claiming interference in others affairs,” he said in yet another tweet.

 

In his speech in Parliament, Aziz also urged the UN and the international community to take notice of India’s “open admission” of indulging in subversive activities to destabilise Pakistan.

 

Aziz said Modi’s statement vindicates Pakistan’s stand over India's present and past policies to destabilise it. He said it is regrettable that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Bangladesh for the statement which was aimed at fanning hatred against Pakistan in Bangladesh.