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Islamabad: Pakistan has strongly condemned Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh\u2019s \u201cprovocative remarks\u201d threatening military aggression against Islamabad, warning that such rhetoric reflects the neighbouring country\u2019s \u201chegemonistic mindset\u201d and poses a risk to regional peace and stability.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan speaking during his weekly press briefing in Islamabad on Friday also reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir remains an internationally recognised disputed territory whose final status must be determined in accordance with relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.<\/p>\n
Sajjad Haider Khan said, \u201cPakistan rejects and condemns the Indian defence minister\u2019s provocative remarks entailing a threat of Indian aggression against Pakistan. Such reckless statements reflect India\u2019s hegemonistic mindset and the risk its belligerent posture poses to regional peace and stability in South Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n
The FO spokesperson’s remarks came after Rajnath Singh said that any \u201cfresh terrorist activity from across the border would invite a strike even bigger than the last time\u201d.<\/p>\n
Pakistan and India went to war in May last year after India launched an unprovoked attack on Pakistan following the Pahalgam incident in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Pakistan responded by downing eight Indian fighter jets, including three Rafales. The war between the two nuclear-armed nations ended on May 10 with a ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wish to remind India of the consequences of its military aggression in May last year, when Pakistan demonstrated both its capability and resolve to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and gave a befitting response and reply to Indian aggression,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He stressed that there should be \u201cno ambiguity\u201d that Pakistan remained fully prepared to safeguard its \u201csovereignty and territorial integrity\u201d against any \u201cill-advised aggression\u201d.<\/p>\n
Haider said Pakistan\u2019s \u201crestraint and commitment to peace\u201d should not be mistaken for weakness, warning that any aggression would be met with a \u201cforceful response\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndia should draw an appropriate lesson from last year\u2019s experience and abandon its belligerent posture and dangerous rhetoric and act with responsibility for lasting peace in the region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Responding to a question about the Kashmir dispute, the FO spokesperson said that said India\u2019s August 5, 2019, actions revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir were \u201cillegal and void\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added that the move could not alter the fact that Kashmir remained an internationally recognised disputed territory, whose final status must be determined in accordance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad: Pakistan has strongly condemned Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh\u2019s \u201cprovocative remarks\u201d threatening military aggression against Islamabad, warning that such rhetoric reflects the neighbouring country\u2019s \u201chegemonistic mindset\u201d and poses a risk to regional peace and stability. According to Kashmir Media Service, Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan speaking during his weekly press briefing …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"\n