ISLAMABAD April 19 (TNS): The Foreign Office on Thursday rejected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim of carrying out ‘surgical strikes’ across the Line of Control, calling it false and baseless.
During a weekly briefing on Thursday, Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said that Pakistan has openly condemned the claims of surgical strikes and that India tried to inform Pakistan before launching the alleged strikes in September 2016. He added repetition does not change false claims into truth.
Dr Faisal was referring to Modi’s claims he made while addressing a session in London recently when he said India waited to inform Pakistan about “the operation that was launched in 2016”. Modi also said that they carried out the attack after Indian soldiers were killed in an attack from the Pakistani side of the LoC.
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The spokesperson said the whole world knew who the terrorists were and who was their head. He said India is supporting terrorism in Pakistan and their spy Kulbhushan Jadhav’s custody with Pakistan is a proof of who had been carrying out terrorist activities.
According to Dr Faisal, Jadhav was a proof of state terrorism being carried out by India.
