Pakistan has “reliable intelligence” that India would attack again, says Shah Mahmood Qureshi
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India today rejected the statement by Pakistan Foreign Minister that it will attack Pakistan again and termed it as ‘irresponsible and preposterous’.
In a statement, the External Affairs Ministry said, remarks of Pakistan is aimed at whipping up war hysteria in the region.
The Ministry said this public gimmick appears to be a call to Pakistan-based terrorists to undertake a terror attack in India. The Ministry added that it has been made clear to Pakistan that it cannot absolve itself of responsibility of a cross border terrorist attack in India.
No attempt at creating an alibi for its complicity in such attacks will succeed. Pakistan needs to take credible and irreversible steps against terrorism operating from all territories under its control rather than making hysterical statements to obfuscate the core issue.
The Ministry said, Pakistan has been advised to use established diplomatic and DGMO channels to share any actionable and credible intelligence it has about imminent terror attacks. It also added that India reserves the right to respond firmly and decisively to any cross border terrorist attack.
Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said that his country had “reliable intelligence” that India would attack again this month, said earlier, as tension over a February standoff between the two nuclear-armed neighbors had appeared to ease.
Addressing a news conference in Multan, Qureshi said there is “reliable intelligence that India is readying for another act of aggression” against Pakistan.
On Sunday Pakistan had also summoned the Indian deputy high commissioner to protest against what it called any “misadventure”.
“Indian deputy high commissioner was summoned for demarche in line with Foreign Minister’s briefing of today and warned against any misadventure,” Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said in a Tweet.