ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, during a meeting with the US Acting Ambassador Natalie Baker in Islamabad, on Friday categorically stated that Pakistan’s security and sovereignty will never be compromised.
The US Acting Ambassador called on the Interior Minister for the second time within 48 hours.
The Minister added that India bears full responsibility for the dangerous situation in the region, which now stands on the verge of war.
He apprised Natalie Baker of the current escalation and the situation that has emerged as a result of Indian aggression against Pakistan. He went on to say that India has blatantly violated all international laws by trying to target civilian areas using drones.
The Interior Minister said Pakistan has responded effectively and taken down dozens of drones.
In a major development United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a telephone conversation with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, said that the US is closely following the situation in South Asia and reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to peace and stability in the region amid the escalating tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India.
Meanwhile, US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that tension between India and Pakistan should not escalate at a press briefing on Thursday.
The spokesperson said America has been speaking with the leaders of the two countries over the last two days. “It is a very delicate and dangerous situation,” she said.
Pakistan’s armed forces also shot down and destroyed 77 Indian drones. According to security sources, 29 Indian drones were shot down till last evening, while another 48 drones have been destroyed since last night.
The escalation began following the April 22 attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam area, killing 26 people.
India, without investigation or presenting any evidence, implied “cross-border linkages” of the attackers. Pakistan has firmly rejected the claim and called for a neutral and transparent international probe.
