ISLAMABAD: Reacting to varied ‘irresponsible’ statements being made by the likes of Indian PM Narendra Modi and different politicians throughout the border, the Overseas Workplace on Friday mentioned they mirrored an unhealthy and entrenched obsession with Pakistan and revealed a deliberate intent to use hyper-nationalism for electoral positive factors.
“These additionally signify a determined try to deflect consideration from mounting home and worldwide criticism,” Overseas Workplace spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch advised a weekly press briefing when requested about statements being made on the run-up to elections.
Earlier this week, at an election rally in Bihar, the Indian PM had tried to take a jibe at Pakistan over its financial woes, saying: “If Pakistan isn’t carrying bangles, we’ll make them put on bangles.”
Modi added: “They don’t have flour, they don’t have electrical energy, now I’ve come to know that they also have a shortage of bangles.”
Based on the Hindustan Instances, the remarks have been an obvious response to a warning from veteran Indian Nationwide Congress chief Mani Shankyar Aiyar, who had warned the Modi authorities to respect nuclear-armed Pakistan.
The FO spokesperson additionally drew the world’s consideration to the struggling of the folks of held Kashmir, the place she mentioned that over 22,000 widowed ladies and 107,000 orphaned kids have been struggling underneath the yoke of Indian occupation.
“The plight of the households of the victims of enforced disappearance is equally lamentable,” the spokesperson remarked, referring to the annual Worldwide Day of Households noticed on Might 15.
Calling the ruthless Indian oppression the foundation explanation for the sufferings of Kashmiri households, the spokesperson urged India to permit Kashmiris to practise their proper to self-determination as assured by the United Nations Safety Council’s resolutions.
Responding to India’s inflammatory rhetoric about Azad Jammu and Kashmir, she reiterated that “historic details, authorized ideas, ethical concerns and floor realities refute India’s baseless claims and Jammu and Kashmir stays an internationally-recognised disputed territory because the UN Safety Council resolutions mandate a plebiscite underneath auspices of the United Nations. We imagine that no quantity of inflated Indian statements can change this actuality.”
Printed in Daybreak, Might 18th, 2024