The Hindu : Uncalled for statements: Pak.

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, Jun 20, 2003

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Uncalled for statements: Pak.

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD JUNE 19. Pakistan has expressed `regret' over what it termed as ``uncalled for'' statements by the Indian leadership and officials in the recent days.

A carefully-worded statement by the Pakistan Foreign Office said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted with `regret' the recent statements by the Indian leadership and the Indian Ministry of External Affairs over the ``slanted reporting'' of the remarks made by the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, in an interview to the NDTV.

A senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while expressing a ``deep sense of disappointment over the unnecessary controversy generated by the Indian media and the uncalled for statements by the Indian officials and leaders'', said that the controversy should have ended after the clarification by the President of Pakistan that he was being quoted incorrectly and out of context by the Indian media. He claimed that viewers who watched the interview ``carefully'' have noted that the transcript of the interview carried by Indian newspapers was ``distorted'' and "a deliberate twist was given by those in India who wanted to derail the peace process''.

The statement said that what Gen. Musharraf had emphasised in the TV interview was the desirability of the resolution of the "Kashmir dispute so as to avoid tension in the region''.

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