RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army has slammed the Indian Army Chief for blaming Pakistan for sponsoring terrorism, terming it a classic case of “extreme duplicity”.
“Insinuating Pakistan as the epi-center of terrorism by the Indian Army Chief is not only contrary to facts but also an exercise in futility to beat the dead horse of India’s default position,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
Earlier, India Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi said Pakistan is the “epicentre” of terrorism. He asserted that, as reported by India Media, the ongoing violence in “Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK)” is being orchestrated from within Pakistan.
Pakistan takes strong exception to such baseless and unfounded statement, the ISPR statement read.
The military’s media wing said that the Indian general’s remarks are an “attempt to deflect world’s attention from India’s brutality in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK)”, repression of minorities internally, and India’s trans-national repression.
“The General Officer, in his earlier stint in llOJK personally oversaw the most brutal repression of Kashmiris. Such politically motivated and fallacious statements reflect the extreme politicization of the Indian Army,” the ISPR said.
The statement also alleged that the world was a witness to the India’s hate-speech conclaves that provoke genocide against Muslims.
“International community is not oblivious to India’s trans-national assassinations, and Indian Security Forces’ oppressive use of force against innocent civilians and gross human rights violations against unarmed Kashmiris. Such oppression has only served to strengthen the resolve of Kashmiris for their right of self-determination, enshrined in the UN Security Council Resolutions,” the statement added.
Moreover, the ISPR in a statement said “Instead of trying to conjure up a non-existent terror infrastructure in Pakistan, it would be wise not to indulge in self-delusion, and appreciate the ground reality.”
The statement aslo remained General Dwivedi about “Kulbhushan Yadav”, a serving Indian miliatry office in custody of Pakistan for orchestrating acts of terror against innocent civilians inside Pakistan.
“Empathizing with the victims of Indian Army’s brutality, it is hoped that civility, professionalism, and norms of state-to-state behaviour would guide the conduct of Indian Army’s leadership, rather than pandering to political exigencies,” the statement conclude.
