unquote: India will not breach border as we do not want any of Pakistani territory including Pak occupied Kashmir. We accept LOC.
quote:Article from The Nation:
Pakistan dares India to breach border
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan, in clear allusion to India, said on Thursday any country that tried to raid its territory in the way US forces did to kill Osama bin Laden would face consequences from its military.
Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir dismissed any suggestion the Pakistani military or its main spy agency had been involved with al-Qaeda and issued a blunt warning against any further intrusions.
Bashir did not directly respond to comments from the White House that US President Barack Obama reserved the right to take action again in Pakistan, but said there were “a number of questions” about how the covert raid took place.
“This matter of sovereignty and violation of sovereignty, and the modalities for combating terrorism raises certain legal and moral issues which fall properly in the domain of the United Nations,” he told the government’s first news conference since US forces killed Osama bin Laden. About Indian statements following the killing of Osama bin Laden, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said: “I only see them (statements) as symptomatic of trends and tendencies within Indian establishment and their armed forces to subvert the agenda of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
“I don’t think Indian leadership would really subscribe to this,” he added. His statement came a day after Indian army chief General VK Singh said the country’s armed forces were “competent” to carry out the US-like operation in Pakistan against al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
Salman, while defending the capabilities of ISI and Pakistan military, said, “The statements that you refer to are indeed a matter of grave concern.”Mincing no words, Salman said, “We see a lot of bravado in our own region... from the military, air force, which state that this can be repeated.
“This sort of misadventure or miscalculation would result in a terrible catastrophe,” he said. “There should be no doubt Pakistan has adequate capacity to ensure its own defence.” “Any other country that would ever act on the assumption that it has the might and mimic unilateralism of any sorts will find ... that it has made a basic miscalculation.”
Salman‘s comments, while apparently directed at India, also seemed aimed at reassuring the public the military was capable of defending the country.
Accusations that Pakistan’s intelligence agency colludes with al-Qaeda are false and cannot be substantiated, Salman said.
“It’s easy to say that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) or elements within the government were in cahoots with the Qaeda,” he said.
“This is a false hypothesis. This is a false charge. It cannot be validated on any account and it flies in the face of what Pakistanis and in particular the Inter-Services Intelligence has been able to accomplish.”
Link: http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-...y-2011/Pakistan-dares-India-to-breach-border/
quote:Article from The Nation:
Pakistan dares India to breach border
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan, in clear allusion to India, said on Thursday any country that tried to raid its territory in the way US forces did to kill Osama bin Laden would face consequences from its military.
Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir dismissed any suggestion the Pakistani military or its main spy agency had been involved with al-Qaeda and issued a blunt warning against any further intrusions.
Bashir did not directly respond to comments from the White House that US President Barack Obama reserved the right to take action again in Pakistan, but said there were “a number of questions” about how the covert raid took place.
“This matter of sovereignty and violation of sovereignty, and the modalities for combating terrorism raises certain legal and moral issues which fall properly in the domain of the United Nations,” he told the government’s first news conference since US forces killed Osama bin Laden. About Indian statements following the killing of Osama bin Laden, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said: “I only see them (statements) as symptomatic of trends and tendencies within Indian establishment and their armed forces to subvert the agenda of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
“I don’t think Indian leadership would really subscribe to this,” he added. His statement came a day after Indian army chief General VK Singh said the country’s armed forces were “competent” to carry out the US-like operation in Pakistan against al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
Salman, while defending the capabilities of ISI and Pakistan military, said, “The statements that you refer to are indeed a matter of grave concern.”Mincing no words, Salman said, “We see a lot of bravado in our own region... from the military, air force, which state that this can be repeated.
“This sort of misadventure or miscalculation would result in a terrible catastrophe,” he said. “There should be no doubt Pakistan has adequate capacity to ensure its own defence.” “Any other country that would ever act on the assumption that it has the might and mimic unilateralism of any sorts will find ... that it has made a basic miscalculation.”
Salman‘s comments, while apparently directed at India, also seemed aimed at reassuring the public the military was capable of defending the country.
Accusations that Pakistan’s intelligence agency colludes with al-Qaeda are false and cannot be substantiated, Salman said.
“It’s easy to say that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) or elements within the government were in cahoots with the Qaeda,” he said.
“This is a false hypothesis. This is a false charge. It cannot be validated on any account and it flies in the face of what Pakistanis and in particular the Inter-Services Intelligence has been able to accomplish.”
Link: http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-...y-2011/Pakistan-dares-India-to-breach-border/
