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Pakistan reiterated Thursday that India’s fictitious account on victimization could not hide its involvement in fomental terrorism on Pakistan soil and oppression sanctioned by the State in Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
The spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Bureau Shafqat Ali Khan, during his weekly press briefing, said that Indian participation in the terrorism of Pakistan’s abandonment and the destabilization of Balutchistan was clear.
Referring to Indian involvement in world assassination plots, he said that not only in Pakistan, India had sponsored so illegal activities throughout the region.
“Instead of blaming the others, India should reflect on its own orchestration file for targeted assassinations, subversion and terrorism in foreign territories,” he noted and stressed that India had not condemned the recent attack on Jaffar Express in Balutchistan.
Unjustified assertion on iiojk
The spokesman said Pakistan was alarmed by the increased frequency of unjustified statements of Indian leadership on Jammu-et-Cachemire.
He said that it was India that took the question of Jammu and Kashmir to the United Nations in 1948, he therefore had the right to blame the Security Council and his former members for the resolutions which were then adopted.
“The repetition of baseless complaints cannot deny the fact that Jammu-et-Cachemire is an internationally recognized contested territory, the final status of which must be determined by its people through an unopensed plebiscite, as stipulated in the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.”
Khan said that peaceful jammu and cashmere dispute, in accordance with the resolutions and aspirations of the United Nations Security Council concerning the Kashmir people, was essential for lasting peace in South Asia.
Reiterating Pakistan’s advocacy on constructive commitment and dialogue focused on the results to solve all the pending problems, including the basic dispute of Jammu-Cachemire, he said that peace and stability in South Asia had remained hostage to the rigid approach of India and hegemonic ambitions.
“The anti-Pakistan account, emanating from India, vicit the bilateral environment and hinders the prospects of peace and cooperation. It must stop,” he noted.
PM visit
Advocating the media of the meeting of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during his four-day official visit to Saudi Arabia, he declared that the two leaders had a productive discussion on the means of further strengthening Pakistani-Saudi links in trade, investment, energy and security.
Prime Minister Shehbaz thanked MBS for the constant support of the kingdom in Pakistan.
He said Pakistan had greeted the signing of the Treaty on the delimitation and demarcation of the Kyrgyzetic border, marking the end of a prolonged border dispute.
“We firmly believe that this important turn of events will open up new possibilities of cooperation and advancement in the region,” he added.
Torkham’s reopening
The spokesperson told the media that the deadline for the expulsion of illegal foreign nationals was unchanged and reiterated Pakistan’s appeal for Afghan authorities to act against TTP and DAESH-K involved in carrying out terrorist activities in Pakistan.
He told the media that the Torkham border had been reopened until April 15 when efforts would continue to ask for a permanent solution to the problem in the meantime.
With regard to the inclusion of Pakistani nationals in certain categories of visa restrictions, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the State Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had refuted speculative reports on social networks.