New Delhi: India on Friday vehemently lambasted Pakistan for the absurd comment made by Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in regards to the Dasu incident.
This comes after Qureshi on Thursday alleged that India and Afghanistan were behind last month's suicide attack on a shuttle bus in the country's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese engineers.
In a strong-worded statement, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "We have seen reports on the absurd comments made by Foreign Minister of Pakistan on the incident in Dasu".
"This is yet another attempt by Pakistan to malign India, in a bid to deflect international attention for its role as the epicentre of regional instability and a haven for proscribed terrorists", he said.
"India has been at the forefront of global efforts against terrorism in partnership with the international community, which is well aware of Pakistan’s credentials when it comes to terrorism. Such desperate attempts by Pakistan at peddling lies and propaganda will therefore find few takers", MEA spokesperson added.
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While addressing a press conference on Thursday in Islamabad, Qureshi said the vehicle used in the attack had been smuggled into Pakistan from Afghanistan.
"According to our investigation, Afghanistan’s soil was used for this attack, for its planning, its execution and the making of the plans, we see them connected to an NDS and RAW nexus", he added.
This is not just one false allegation made by Pakistan against India but several attempts have been made by Pak to belittle India in the eyes of the international community. It has time and again blamed India for many such nefarious activities and leaves no stone unturned to rake up the Kashmir issue which is an internal matter of India, in the global forums.
