PRESS RELEASE

Responding to a question regarding Prime Minister Modi’s remarks about terrorism, the Spokesperson stated that these were reflective of the Indian Government’s quintessential animus towards Pakistan and the smear campaign that India has waged for decades.

The Spokesperson added that no amount of India’s anti-Pakistan rhetoric could hide its state-terrorism in Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir. Nor could any such remarks divert the international community’s attention from India’s unilateral and illegal actions of 5 August, 2019 which, among other things, have turned IOJ&K into the largest prison of the world. The unconscionable lockdown has entered its 40th day (as it began on 4th August, 2019).

Rather than resorting to its familiar canard against Pakistan, India should pay heed to the international censure and reverse its draconian measures which are resulting in unspeakable sufferings for the Kashmiri people.

Islamabad
12 September 2019

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