ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today said India cannot afford to carry out “surgical strikes” inside the country as it is aware of Pakistan’s response to any such action.
National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz claimed that the current border tension was part of a bigger conspiracy by Indian government to blame Pakistan as well as exploit the border issue to attract voters in the state elections.
He said that India cannot carry out “surgical strikes” inside Pakistan as it would result in a “response”.
Aziz’s comments came during a briefing to the National Assembly Committee on Foreign Relations.
“Our army is fully alert and capable to appropriate response,” he said amid tensions between India and Pakistan along the Line of Control and International Border.
The advisor said that Kashmir was a core issue and Pakistan would like the international community to play its role in its resolution.
He did not rule out talks and said Pakistan will use all channels to defuse the tension as it wants good ties with India.
He also said that better relations between the two neighbours were only possible if Kashmir issue is resolved.
Incite those fighting in Kashmir
Former Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said Pakistan needs to incite those fighting in Kashmir, India Today reported.
We have source (in Kashmir) besides the (Pakistan) army People in Kashmir are fighting against (India). We just need to incite them, Musharraf told a TV channel.
Musharraf, who assumed power in 1999 soon after the Kargil conflict as hostilities erupted between Indian and Pakistani troops in the area, claimed that the Pakistan army is ready for war with India. But He cautioned India against any misadventure.
India should not be under the illusion that Pakistan will not hit back, he warned.
In Kashmir, we can fight with the (Indian) army from both the front and back We are Muslims. We will not show the other cheek when we are slapped. We can respond tit for tat, he said, while commenting on the recent firing along the Line of Control and working boundary.
At least 12 people have been killed since India resorted to unprovoked firing on the border. The Pakistan Army has repeatedly affirmed that they have replied befittingly to the heavy firing and mortar shelling. However, the government has called for the matter to be resolved through dialogue between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Ceasefire violations on the Line of Control (LoC) and working boundary between India and Pakistan although common have been unusual in their intensity and frequency this time.
The former army chief explained that external aggression happens only when the country remains weak internally.
If we remain strong internally, no one can dare to target us, he asserted.
Musharraf also lashed out at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, he did not only reserve his criticism for the Hindu-nationalist leader, censuring Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for attending Modis swearing-in ceremony in New Delhi in May this year.
Modi is anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan. He has not changed. The problem is with us We are running to attend his (Modi) inauguration, we should keep our dignity.
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