August 7, 2002	Wednesday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 27,1423

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ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Pakistan on Tuesday rejected “with contempt” Indian accusations that it was behind the massacre of nine Hindu pilgrims in Valley.

“The government of Pakistan condemns the terrorist attack on Hindu pilgrims in the Indian-occupied Kashmir which led to many deaths and a large number of injured,” the foreign office said in a statement.

President Musharraf’s government “also rejects with contempt the remarks made by I.D. Swami... implicating Pakistan in the attack.”

“What goes on there has nothing to do with us,” FO spokesman told newsmen. “The Indians can’t just keep blaming their troubles on us. They have to take responsibility for what goes on in their territory. We are far away.” —AFP