ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Monday dismissed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent comments on regional peace as “misleading and one-sided,” criticising New Delhi for “conveniently” ignoring the Kashmir dispute in its narrative.
Indian Prime Minister Modi during a podcast with Lex Fridman, said that “every attempt to foster peace with Pakistan was met with hostility and betrayal”.
“The remarks are misleading and one-sided. They conveniently omit the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which remains unresolved for the last seven decades despite India’s solemn assurances to the United Nations, Pakistan, and the Kashmiri people,” the Foreign Office said.
It said India’s fictitious narrative of victimhood cannot hide its involvement in fomenting terrorism on Pakistan’s soil and the state-sanctioned oppression in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK).
“Instead of blaming others, India should reflect on its own record of orchestrating targeted assassinations, subversion and terrorism in foreign territories,” it noted.
The foreign office said Pakistan has always advocated constructive engagement and result-oriented dialogue to resolve all outstanding issues, including the core dispute of Jammu and Kashmir.
“However, peace and stability in South Asia have remained hostage to India’s rigid approach and hegemonic ambitions,” it said.
The FO concluded by saying that the anti-Pakistan narrative emanating from India disturbed the bilateral environment and impeded prospects for peace and cooperation. “It must stop,” the FO demanded.
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry in the aftermath of last week’s Jaffar Express train attack in Balochistan had said that India was the main sponsor of terrorism in the province.
“We must understand that in this terrorist incident in Balochistan, and others before, the main sponsor is your eastern neighbour (India),” he had said, showing various clips of Indian officials and personalities discussing efforts to destabilise Balochistan.
The DG ISPR had said the Jaffar Express attack was a “continuation of the same policy”.
According to WaPo, India’s intelligence agency, RAW has been running an assassination campaign in Pakistan since 2021.
The report highlights that India expanded this campaign beyond Pakistan, using similar tactics in North America against Sikh activists, including Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada and Gurpatwant Pannun in the United States.
It also draws comparisons between the methods used in Pakistan and similar Indian operations targeting Sikh activists in Canada and the US, with Indian operatives allegedly relying on local criminal networks and poorly trained contractors in both cases.
However, these operations faced significant setbacks in North America, including the plot to assassinate Sikh activist Gurpatwant Pannun in New York.
The assassination attempt failed when an intermediary unknowingly approached a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) informant posing as a hitman.
Canadian officials have also accused Indian diplomats of surveilling, intimidating, and conspiring to assassinate Sikh activists.
Electronic communications have reportedly connected these diplomats to such activities, further escalating tensions between India and Western countries.
