Strike claim false: Lodhi

United Nations, October 1 

Pakistan has told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that India’s claim of carrying out a surgical strike across the LoC was false and insisted that the responsibility for the “escalating crisis rests entirely on India”.

In her meeting with the UN chief, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi told Ban that Pakistan has exercised maximum restraint but would respond forcefully to any acts of aggression and provocation. Lodhi said India’s “claim” of carrying out a surgical strike across the Line of Control was “false” but added that India had by its own admission “committed aggression” against Pakistan, according to a statement by the Pakistan mission here.

She added that the responsibility for the “escalating crisis rests entirely on India”, the release said. During a briefing, Ban’s spokesperson said Lodhi’s meeting with Ban was held at her own request. — PTI