Pakistan has no connection with the attacks on tourists near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Asif said on Wednesday as he blamed India for sponsoring unrest in the country.
Asif, a senior leader of the ruling PML-N party and a close aide of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, sought guilty violence in Jammu and Kashmir on a “revolution” and “home-grown” forces in the union territory. Pakistan’s overseas ministry issued a announcement expressing problems at the lack of lives in the attack however stopped quick of describing it as an act of terrorism or condemning it.
Pakistani defence minister statement to Defend Themselves
At least 26 people were killed and dozens injured while terrorists opened fire at tourists at Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam on Tuesday. The attack pressured Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reduce short a day visit to Saudi Arabia and return home.
Though there was no official comment from the Indian aspect to this point blaming Pakistan terrorists for the attack, Asif sought to distance Islamabad from the incident even as speak to media. There is also no instant response from Indian officers to Asif’s remarks.
“Pakistan has no reference to this. This is all home-grown, there are revolutions in exclusive so-referred to as states against India, not one, but dozens, from Nagaland to Kashmir, in the south, in Chattisgarh, in Manipur. In these types of locations, there are revolutions against the Indian authorities,” he claimed.
Why Pahalgam Attack occurs?
While almost all of the places named by Asif have witnessed secessionist or rebel moves in the previous years, such activities have, in large part, been controlled by the Indian government in most states.
“These are home-grown, the people are inquiring for their rights. Hindutva forces are exploiting the people, repressing minorities and exploiting Christians and Buddhists. They are being killed, that is a revolution towards that, it’s because of this that such activities are occurring there,” Pakistani defence minister said.
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