Thursday 29 September 2016

Pakistan summons Indian envoy to protest over surgical strikes

Islamabad: Pakistan today summoned Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale over "surgical strikes" by India in which two Pakistani soldiers were killed.

Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Gautam Bambawale

Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Gautam Bambawale

Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry "condemned the unprovoked firing by" Indian forces on the surgical strikes in which two Pakistani soldiers were killed, Pakistan Foreign Office said in a statement.

"These incidents are a continuation of a pattern of ceasefire violations committed by India. He (Chaudhry) conveyed that the Armed Forces of Pakistan will continue to give a befitting response to any act of aggression," the statement said.

Earlier, Pakistan rejected as "baseless" the Indian Army's claim that it had carried out "surgical strikes" inside the country.

India carried out surgical strikes on seven terror launch pads across the LoC with the Army inflicting "significant casualties" on terrorists preparing to infiltrate from PoK.

While summoning Bambawale at the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary claimed that India has "deliberately escalated tensions" at the LoC in order to "divert the attention of the international community from the grave situation" in Kashmir.

"The Foreign Secretary condemned India's baseless accusation against Pakistan for the Uri attack, within a few hours after the incident. He recalled that it has been a practice in India to blame Pakistan for every such incident but later investigations prove otherwise," the Foreign Office said.

Chaudhry claimed that Pakistan remains a "victim of interference" and "state sponsored terrorism".

In this regard, he referred to the "confession statement of serving Indian Naval Officer, Kulbushan Jadhav", whom Pakistan has accused of "carrying out terrorist and subversive activities, especially in Balochistan and Karachi".

The Foreign Secretary also expressed Pakistan's deep disappointment at India's decision not to participate in the SAARC Summit.

For its part, Pakistan is committed to the objective of regional cooperation, envisaged in the SAARC charter, he said.

Chaudhry also conveyed to Bambawale, Pakistan's deep concerns over "life threats to Pakistan's High Commissioner in New Delhi" and urged the Indian government to ensure his safety and security and that of other officials and their families, in accordance with the Vienna Convention.

Inputs with PTI

2 comments:

  1. The two Pakistani soldiers killed was the collateral damage while attacking the terrorists and their training camps in a surgical strike. Earlier, Pakistan rejected as "baseless" the Indian Army's claim that it had carried out "surgical strikes" inside the country just to cheat their citizens. The deliberate escalated tensions is a habitual attitude of them since long for decades. Now at least the Indian Army proved that their patience is running out. Bravado in supporting and exporting terrorist software must be curbed hereafter, if not again Pakistan will be divided in to three parts.

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  2. The two Pakistani soldiers killed was the collateral damage while attacking the terrorists and their training camps in a surgical strike. Earlier, Pakistan rejected as "baseless" the Indian Army's claim that it had carried out "surgical strikes" inside the country just to cheat their citizens. The deliberate escalated tensions is a habitual attitude of them since long for decades. Now at least the Indian Army proved that their patience is running out. Bravado in supporting and exporting terrorist software must be curbed hereafter, if not again Pakistan will be divided in to three parts.

    ReplyDelete