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Internal problem of Pakistan: India

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NEW DELHI: “Watchful” and “on the alert,” India on Saturday night decided to treat the declaration of Emergency in Pakistan as an internal problem of that country. This was the line taken by the government after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held an unscheduled meeting with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the evening to take stock of the developments in Pakistan.

Talking to The Hindu after the meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan said: “We are treating it as an internal problem of Pakistan, but we are watchful and on the alert.” External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said: “We regret the difficult times that Pakistan is passing through. We trust that conditions of normalcy will soon return permitting Pakistan’s transition to stability and democracy to continue.”

Congress party’s media in charge Veerappa Moily said: “We have been anxious for democracy to emerge in Pakistan.” BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said the situation was a much stronger case for international concern than Myanmar.

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