- Invites Indian leadership to provide any actionable evidence about Pulwama incident & Pakistan will take action as per its own laws
- Says Pakistan has sacrificed over 70 thousand lives & borne the brunt of $100 billion of losses in war against terrorism
- Says there is no military solution to Kashmir issue like that of Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, February 19: Prime Minister Imran Khan has categorically declared that Pakistan will retaliate with full force in case of any aggression by India over the Pulwama incident.
Addressing the nation on the state media on Tuesday, he said the Indian leadership must realize that it is easy to trigger a war but it would certainly be not in any one’s control to end it as per his desire. He said they should also note that where such a provocation will take the two countries and the region.
The Prime Minister however hoped that better sense will prevail in India and they will come to the negotiating table to sort out the matter through dialogue.
The Prime Minister also took serious exception of the ongoing rhetoric among the Indian leadership and society stressing for a military strike against Pakistan.
Imran Khan regretted that the Indian government started Pakistan bashing soon after the Pulwama incident without any investigation. He said as to how Pakistan can even think of engaging itself in any such unwarranted situation, when it was hosting Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Muhammad Bin Salman in Islamabad.
He said Indian leadership must keep in mind that now it is a new Pakistan with a new mindset and new leadership that believes in resolving all the chronic issues through dialogue. He invited the Indian leadership to provide any actionable evidence about the Pulwama incident and Pakistan will take action as per its own laws.
The Prime Minister said we will do it not under any pressure but with a conviction that we will neither allow anyone to use our land for terrorism nor allow anyone to commit terrorism against us.
He said Pakistan has sacrificed over 70 thousand lives and borne the brunt of $100 billion of losses in the war against terrorism.
Imran Khan said India always places precondition of holding talks with Pakistan with terrorism one of the subjects. He said we are ready to hold talks on this issue as Pakistan desires elimination of this menace from the region.
Prime Minister Imran Khan however said that in the meantime there should also be a new thinking and introspection in India about the Kashmir issue. The Indian leadership must understand as to why the Kashmiri youth have gone to the last resort of sacrificing their lives for the sake of their right to self-determination.
The Prime Minister said the entire world is now acknowledging Pakistan’s viewpoint on Afghanistan that the solution to this festering conflict lies only in political settlement through negotiations.
Prime Minister Imran Khan, however, said that there should also be a new thinking and introspection in India about the Kashmir issue.
The Indian leadership must understand as to why the Kashmiri youth have gone to the last resort of sacrificing their lives for the sake of their right to self-determination.
The Prime Minister said there is no military solution to Kashmir issue like that of Afghanistan. He questioned as to how India can think of resolving the Kashmir dispute through a one dimensional military approach which has always met failures.
The Prime Minister said the entire world is now acknowledging Pakistan’s viewpoint on Afghanistan that the solution to this festering conflict lies only in political settlement through negotiations.-Sabah
