By Usman Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani government on Wednesday rejected a “baseless and frivolous” accusations made by the Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, saying his latest tirade has a “reflection of growing frustration” over New Dehli’s failure to malign and isolate Islamabad.
Indian government diatribe
Earlier this week, the Indian minister made a veiled attack on Pakistan during a press conference in Vienna along with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg. He alleged that “We spoke on the threats to global peace and security posed by the terrorism, including its cross-border practices, violent extremism, and fundamentalism. Their effects cannot be contained within the region, especially when they are deeply connected to the narcotics, illegal weapons trade, and other forms of global crime. Since the epicentre is located close to India, naturally, our experiences and insights are useful to others”.
Responding to media on Wednesday, Mumtaz Zehra Baloch, Foreign Office Spokesperson, said that Pakistan rejected the baseless and frivolous accusations made by the Indian External Affairs Minister. His latest tirade has a reflection of growing frustration over India’s failure to malign and isolates Pakistan, she added.
She said that in the previous several years, India engaged in a malicious campaign to mislead the global community through a fictitious narrative of victimhood and vile anti-Pakistan propaganda.
The official added that India’s continued anti-Pakistan diatribe cannot hide its brazen involvement in fomenting terrorism on Pakistan’s soil nor can it conceal the reality of state-sponsored terrorism in Indian Illegally-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
