India slams Pak PM''s tweet on Kashmir, calls it interference in internal matters

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 22

India on Monday criticised Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan for his tweet related to the ground situation in Kashmir. Imran Khan has condemned the latest “cycle of violence and deaths in Kashmir”.

In a tweet he wrote, “It is time India realised it must move to resolve the Kashmir dispute through dialogue in accordance with the UN SC (Security Council) resolutions & the wishes of the Kashmiri people.” A statement from the Islamabad foreign ministry also called for ‘swift international action’ on Kashmir situation.

New Delhi this evening responded to Imran Khan’s  tweet calling it ‘deeply regrettable’ and interference in India’s internal affairs. “Instead of making comments on India’s internal affairs, Pakistan leadership should look inwards and address its own issues.”

Further lashing at Pakistan for its duplicity on terror, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, “Pakistan would serve the interest of the people of the region by taking credible action against all kind of support to terrorism and terror infrastructure from all territories under its control rather than supporting and glorifying terrorists and terror activities against India and its other neighbours. Pakistan's deceitful stand on dialogue, while supporting terror and violence, stands exposed to the whole world.”

Blaming Islamabad for bloodshed in Kashmir and killing of SPOs, India had cancelled the talks between the two foreign ministers along sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September in New York, within 24 hours of having accepted the Pakistani offer of talks. Since then the two sides have engaged in heated verbal exchanges even as bloodshed and violence  continues along the Line of Control and International Border.