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New Delhi, Dec 16: After Pakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari attacked PM Narendra Modi in response to minister S Jaishankar’s ‘Hosting Osama Bin Laden’ comment at the UN Security Council, the official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi slammed the Pakistan minister for the ‘uncivilised outburst’.
During the UN Security Council meeting, Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took a veiled jibe at PM Narendra Modi and said, “Osama bin Laden is dead, but the butcher of Gujarat lives and he is the Prime Minister of India.”
“These comments are a new low, even for Pakistan. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan has forgotten this day in 1971, which was a direct result of the genocide unleashed by the Pakistani rulers against ethnic Bengalis and Hindus. Unfortunately, Pakistan does not seem to have changed much in the treatment of its minorities. It certainly lacks credentials to cast aspersions at India,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The Pakistan Foreign Minister’s ‘uncivilised outburst’ seemed to be a result of Pakistan’s ‘increasing inability to use terrorists and their proxies,’ said the ministry.
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Speaking about cities such as New York, Mumbai, Pulwama, Pathankot and London which have borne the brunt of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, the MEA said, “This violence has emanated from their Special Terrorist Zones and exported to all parts of the world. ‘Make in Pakistan’ terrorism has to stop.”
“Pakistan is a country that glorifies Osama bin Laden as a martyr, and shelters terrorists like Lakhvi, Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar, Sajid Mir and Dawood Ibrahim. No other country can boast having 126 UN-designated terrorists and 27 UN-designated terrorist entities,” read the statement released by the MEA.
“Pakistan minister’s frustration would be better directed towards the masterminds of terrorist enterprises in Pakistan, who have made terrorism a part of their State policy. Pakistan needs to change its own mindset or remain a pariah,” the MEA further said.
