Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday attacked the “irresponsible and imprudent” statements emanating from India, following the counter-terror action in Myanmar and vowed to protect his country’s “vital interests at all costs.”
Addressing a conference of Pakistan’s envoys here, he said such statements vitiate the atmosphere and take the two countries away from the goals of regional peace and stability.
“At the same time we will not abandon our moral high ground because of provocations.”
He said the issue of Jammu and Kashmir cannot be relegated to the back-burner.
Mr. Sharif pointed out that last Tuesday during his meeting with the U.N. Secretary General in Dushanbe, he urged him to play a proactive role in promoting peace in the region.
He had also reminded him that it was incumbent on the Security Council to ensure early implementation of its resolutions on J&K.
Meanwhile, the Senate in its resolution said Pakistan would never allow its territory to be violated by India under any pretext. It stated that the Pakistan armed forces were fully capable of giving a fitting response to any incursion and the Pakistani people stand shoulder to shoulder with their armed forces, Radio Pakistan reported.
Condemning the Indian leaders’ comments, the resolution said such statements confirm apprehensions about India’s intention to destabilise Pakistan.
The House urged the international community to take note of such “provocative statements” which it said negatively affected the prospects for regional peace, sovereignty and stability.
The resolution said at a time when the entire Pakistani nation, particularly the armed forces were engaged in a battle against terrorism, Indian provocations were not only undermining Pakistan’s anti-terror campaign but actually aiding and abetting terrorists fighting against Pakistan.
Concluding the discussion, Leader of the House Raja Zafarul Haq said that being a nuclear power Pakistan’s defence had been made invincible.
He alleged that India, while making a “useless effort” to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, was “violating the U.N. Charter by carrying out human rights violations in Kashmir.”
