Washington: India gave a tough response, probably the hardest in decades, after Nawaz Sharif laid down Pakistan narrative about being a victim of terrorism, despite openly harbouring many well-known and UN and US designated terrorists and terror groups. “Pakistan is not primary victim of terrorism but of its own policies. It is in fact the prime sponsor of terrorism. Pakistan's instability arises from its breeding of terrorists. Blaming neighbours is not a solution,” spokesman of India's Ministry of External Affairs Vikas Swarup said in a series of tweets.
Openly calling Pakistan a “prime sponsor of terrorism,” India asked Islamabad to vacate the part of Kashmir it has occupied. The contemptuous response came after Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif launched his country's familiar lament about Pakistan being a victim of terrorism and the need to “demilitarise” Kashmir and give the state the right of self-determination. “To de-militarize Kashmir is not the answer, to de-terrorize Pakistan is,” Swarup blasted back. In response to Sharif's statement that “many generations of Kashmiris have lived their lives under occupation,” Swarup tweeted, “Pak PM gets foreign occupation right, occupier wrong. We urge early vacation of Pak occupied Kashmir.”
Pakistan's claims of Indian aggression on the border or interference inside Pakistan have also lacked credibility and have no takers in the international diplomatic circuit.
