Pakistan rejects irresponsible statement by Indian Minister on alleged drone attack in IIOJK
Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) categorically rejected the Indian minister’s statement regarding an alleged drone attack in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), and termed it “irresponsible and misleading”.
“While conveniently choosing not to share any evidence, the Indian government has once again leveled serious allegations against Pakistan. This is yet another manifestation of the unsubstantiated propaganda and smear campaign against Pakistan that is characteristic of the Indian government and an obliging Indian media” Pakistan’s ministry of foreign affairs said.
Pakistan callled upon India to refrain from its reprehensible propaganda campaign as no amount of Indian falsehoods can succeed in diverting attention from India’s serious crimes in IIOJK.
Indian Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy had earlier said that Pakistan’s role could not be ruled out in the Jammu Air Force station attack.
Pakistan said the latest false allegations indicate “a familiar Indian ploy to externalize any blame, use baseless allegations against Pakistan as a smokescreen, and seek to undermine the indigenous struggle for self-determination of the Kashmiri people.
“The latest allegations further confirm what Pakistan has consistently pointed out that the BJP government stages “false flag” operations to malign Pakistan with terrorism-related allegations for narrow political gains. The use of Pakistan card either to win an election or to divert attention from an electoral defeat has also, unfortunately, become a standard practice.”