Issuing a video statement on the state television late at night, the minister rejected India’s self-assumed hubristic role of a judge, a jury, and an executioner in the region.
“Pakistan has been the victim of terrorism itself and truly understands the pain of this scourge. We have always condemned it in all its forms and manifestations anywhere in the world,” he stressed.
“Being a responsible state, Pakistan open-heartedly offered a credible, transparent, and independent investigation by a neutral commission of experts to ascertain the truth.”
He noted, however, that India has apparently decided to tread the dangerous path of irrationality and confrontation, which, according to him, will have catastrophic consequences for the complete region and beyond.
The information minister argued that the evasion of credible investigations is in itself sufficient evidence exposing India’s real motives.
“Consciously making strategic decisions hostage to public sentiments, purposefully trumped up for securing political objectives, is unfortunate and deplorable,” he added.
Pakistan reiterates that any such military adventurism by India will be responded to assuredly and decisively, he noted, calling on the International community to remain alive to the reality that the onus of the escalatory spiral and its ensuing consequences shall squarely lie with India.
The nation reiterates its resolve to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan at all costs, he added.
