FO says Modi's accusations against Pakistan 'most unfortunate'
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has termed Indian accusations coming from the neighbouring country’s highest political levels as most unfortunate.
"It would be in the larger interest of regional peace that instead of engaging in a blame game, the two countries focus on resolving all outstanding issues through dialogue and work together to promote friendly and cooperative relations,” Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam said in a statement.
Referring to news reports on accusations attributed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Pakistan engaging in a proxy war, the spokeswoman recalled that Pakistan had consistently condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
The spokeswoman said such was the case especially since Pakistan’s leadership wishes to establish good, neighbourly relations with India.
"Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to India in May was in this spirit and generated a fresh momentum in the bilateral relationship,” she recalled.
Aslam pointed out that having lost the lives of 55,000 of its citizens as a result of terrorism, Pakistan was the biggest victim of the scourge.
"The entire world has time and again acknowledged the unprecedented sacrifices rendered by our valiant armed forces with over 5,000 soldiers having embraced Shahadat,” she remarked.
Responding to any form of threat from the eastern borders, the spokeswoman warned that Pakistan’s armed forces were ready to defend the country’s borders and thwart any threat of aggression.
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Aug 13, 2014 11:59am
How can we blame Modi, he is simply doing what he was elected to do.
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Aug 13, 2014 12:02pm
Modi's statements are indeed shameful...he should first take care of the poverty in his own country which hoovers roughly around 1 billion people living on under $2 a day...instead of feeling proud for buying weapons of mass destruction which is in itself is not an achievement
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Aug 13, 2014 12:02pm
India should understand our issues and stop this blame game like a grade 1 kid and move on focusing on it's development
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Aug 13, 2014 12:05pm
Is the Foreign Office an innocent child? Such things are entirely expected from Modi. These are simple, expected things. Not surprising, not unfortunate, not most unfortunate for sure. Wake up Foreign Office from your slumber.
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Aug 13, 2014 12:10pm
The days of friendly congress is over . Now Modi will treat Pakistan like Gaza knowing fully well and also got assurance from Kerry that Pakistan will not retaliate in a big scale. There will be border skirmishes, and one TV channel reported that 10 buffolos died in Sialkot sector in a paddy field. Modi knows that Pakistan will never ask for Kashmir . They can at the most ask for Potatos and Onion and Kapil nights which are more important than that piece of land which was never a part of Pakistan.
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Aug 13, 2014 12:11pm
You are right....we must proceed towards harmony,peace.Let's start this.Give us red noticed Hafiz Saeed,Dawood Ibrahim,Maulana Masood Azar.
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Aug 13, 2014 12:11pm
@Ahmed USA Are you crazy ? Where do you get that figure of 1 billion people living under $2 per day ?
And India's defence budget % is lower than Pakistan in terms of % GDP.
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Aug 13, 2014 12:12pm
@Imran Problem is whenever Modi goes for a meeting in Kashmir,why does Pakistani rangers start firing at Indian posts ? Under whose guidance ? Does India fire when NS visits Punjab or AK?
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Aug 13, 2014 12:19pm
@An Indian
show us some proof that what you say is true and not the crap that your local media feeds you.
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Aug 13, 2014 12:19pm
@Ravi Man, you guys are so full of beans!
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Aug 13, 2014 12:20pm
Modi represents India ... And they do not recognise that Kashmir is a Muslim majority State that should completely go to Pakistan. Simple. So why the anguish ?
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Aug 13, 2014 12:49pm
"Having lost the lives of 55,000 of its citizens as a result of terrorism, Pakistan was the biggest victim of the scourge."
What we have been pointing out. I have, like many Pakistanis, no interest in what happens in India as long as it doesn't harm Pakistan. But some people come all the way here from India and give their expert opinion on the internal matters of Pakistan...
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Aug 13, 2014 12:57pm
Deny..deny..deny will not help pak to ameliorate and rectify their image to the world....carry on good luck
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Aug 13, 2014 12:58pm
@An Indian
(Dawn please publish my comment.)
Please read this article before commenting
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/apr/17/military-spending-countries-list
Military spending of
India 16,705 to 44,282 US $m
Pakistan 3,657 to 5,685 US $m
From 1988 to 2011
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Aug 13, 2014 01:13pm
There will be many more similar statements from him. This is just the beginning.
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Aug 13, 2014 01:19pm
"It would be in the larger interest of regional peace that instead of engaging in a blame game, the two countries focus on resolving all outstanding issues through dialogue and work together to promote friendly and cooperative relations,
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Aug 13, 2014 01:23pm
This happened yesterday and LET was responsible for this:
Militants attack security convoy, 8 BSF personnel injured:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/bsf-convoy-attacked-near-srinagar-6-jawans-injured/
Pakistan continues to violate ceasefire, resorts to unprovoked firing:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/pakistan-continues-to-violate-ceasefire-resorts-to-unprovoked-firing/
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Aug 13, 2014 01:23pm
@Ravi Lol... All of these would be given provided you give us this man, who making these idiotic statements like Pakistan has lost the capacity to fight a conventional war...
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Aug 13, 2014 01:27pm
@Ravi add thousands of Indian army deputed in held Kashmir in the list. Reason, the World knows.
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Aug 13, 2014 01:28pm
I really feel for the pakistan......if only Jinnah would have live for 10 more years, Pakistan would also been at least as prosperous as India, if not better. Just after his death, all the war lords have been befooling the public by making them believe that Kashmir is a part of Pakistan when they themselves know that it is not going to be their part in near future. If only they had spent that money into building education,infrastructure,etc.
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Aug 13, 2014 01:35pm
@asgher
Forget who fires first from which direction. But your country is guilty of sending people like kasab to mumbai with the intention of mass murder. People like hafiz saeed who are responsible for terror acts in india lives like a VIP in lahore
You can deny whatever i say because pakistanis are great at doing that
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Aug 13, 2014 01:38pm
@Ahmed USA modi is doing the right thing.It looks like the whole country of Pakistan has this culture of denying everything.we can take care of our problems which are not many really comparing to yours which is hopeless.
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Aug 13, 2014 01:41pm
@asgher Ditto suggestion to you dear.
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Aug 13, 2014 01:44pm
@Haider Rehman please calculate percentage and then tell.
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Aug 13, 2014 01:48pm
@asgher Yes,exactly the same advice to you sir !
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Aug 13, 2014 01:56pm
don't justify to us .. answer him in the way he understands...
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Aug 13, 2014 02:20pm
Modi is not worth replying even by our respectable foreign office
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Aug 13, 2014 02:28pm
@Haider Rehman "Military spending of India 16,705 to 44,282 US $m Pakistan 3,657 to 5,685 US $m
From 1988 to 2011"
good job but also care to compare GDP of two countries from 1988 to 2011 and please pay some attention of % of GDP spending on army.
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Aug 13, 2014 02:47pm
Modi
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Aug 13, 2014 02:49pm
@Ahmed USA -- Not 1 billion, Actually It is 10 billion people.
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Aug 13, 2014 02:50pm
FO is absolutely right -- Leadership of Pakistan wants good relationship with India. But same is not true about GHQ.
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Aug 13, 2014 02:55pm
@Haider Rehman The source is another media article? Amazing!
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Aug 13, 2014 03:31pm
Modi is a smart and patriotic politician. Congress supported Muslims for vote but that is not the case with Modi. And we support terror is a know fact. Entire world knows about it that Pakistan support terrorism.
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Aug 13, 2014 03:54pm
@Ravi - Its an illogical demand to send a Pakistani citizen to India to be prosecuted. A citizen of a country should remain in his own country for this. Provide evidence in support of your claim is the right way.
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Aug 13, 2014 04:01pm
I think the days of peace are over for us. India is ramping up activity in Kashmir and will make us pay for what we have for the last 20 years.
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Aug 13, 2014 04:05pm
@Aijaz Be ready to run when that man decides that your time has come.
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Aug 13, 2014 04:10pm
@rudra: why don't India shows the proofs to Pakistan or the Internationnal Court of Justice? SImply, bcoz they don't have any. Period
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Aug 13, 2014 04:21pm
@Ahmed USA , Just FYI only 0.5 percent of top rich Indian can but entire Pakistan in pieces so let us not give any lecture on Indian poverty .. we are 10 times bigger economy and Pakistan
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Aug 13, 2014 04:24pm
@Ahmed USA who say that to u man better u see poverty in ur home are u ever come to india not so how u told that around 1 million for your kindinformation as per world bank also its around 30 million in 1.25 million people so man what abt pakistan just think first
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Aug 13, 2014 04:37pm
@proofs so u want proof ur id name is proof that was totaly wrong and u need proof hahahaha
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Aug 13, 2014 04:51pm
Kuch bhi ka ho. But FO spokesperson is very beautiful..coming to topic...Indian PM was addressing indian security forces...Wat u expect...to tell tht forget neighbour army n focus on FO spokesperson beauty. : ) chill FRIENDS! !!!
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Aug 13, 2014 05:35pm
I am an IDP from Bannu , i have internet access and i read dawn daily, thanks to our PM for providing me with an iphone.
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Aug 13, 2014 05:36pm
@event horizon our foreign office job is only to give statement - they cannot improve the inefficiency in their embassy/high commision abroad
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Aug 13, 2014 05:56pm
they are true though.truth generally hurts
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Aug 13, 2014 05:58pm
@Haider Rehman : Check also % of GDP of Defence spending of both country,which will show you the true picture.
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Aug 13, 2014 07:21pm
@An Indian How did you conclude that Pakistanis fire first. Come to this side and you will hear a different version. UN observers are here on the Pakistani side. Isn't it strange that India pushed them out from Indian side before these incidents?
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Aug 13, 2014 07:46pm
Do not waste time responding to Modi but prepare. He is preparing for a major military conflict with Pakistan this winter when Himalayan passes close and China cannot intervene.
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Aug 13, 2014 07:46pm
Politicians have the habit of making such comments.
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Aug 13, 2014 07:49pm
@Rajesh . As prosperous as India? You are joking right?
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Aug 13, 2014 08:19pm
I believe Modi. There must be some credible reasons for raising this again at this point. After all some neighbours are apprehensive of a successful India under Modi's leadership and brewing trouble.
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Aug 13, 2014 08:26pm
Its sooner or later my paki frndz
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Aug 13, 2014 08:45pm
@idp Unlocked iphone?
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Aug 13, 2014 11:34pm
Modi should concentrate on building more toilets for Indians.
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Aug 14, 2014 12:04am
That is what is Modi's agenda. But Modi should see that the Pakistani forces are in preparedness as they can see in Waziristan.
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Aug 14, 2014 01:45am
No one here has questioned the agenda of Security forces in this entire episode? Nobody has paid attention to what prompted Modi to issue this statement?
We are being played against each other for the benefit of silent spectators and peace haters. People on both sides are trained to deny, ask for admissible proof etc. to delay the peace process. Look at the comments here and you would know who is fooling whom.
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Aug 14, 2014 03:52am
we need to change our ways or pakistan is doomed
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Aug 15, 2014 01:46am
Pakistan today is 34th largest economy in the world with per
capita income in US $ 1050. India is 10th largest economy in the world with per capita income of
about US dollars 1100. How have the two countries fared economically between 1947-2007
India is clearly a world leader in business outsourcing. 27 percent of exports
originate from the services sector. IT and IT
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Aug 15, 2014 07:04am
@Rev. Eldrick Lal ....Modi has plans to clean up our rivers and improve sanitation. I think that these plans will definitely show results like what Vajpayee initiated ....building world class roads and metro rail systems in all major cities.
Are there any plans to build metro rail systems in your capital....I Wonder....definitely not....you could not even eliminate polio which India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh & Srilanka has sucessfully done. Now Pakistan, along with Afghanistan, has become a source of threat of polio virus to other south asian countries...
Look at yourself before commenting on others....
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Aug 15, 2014 07:42am
@Haider Rehman you probably have the intelligence of a dung beetle, India will spend a lot more than pak on defence, its economy is bigger and can afford it. Its economy is almost 5 times that of pak...get your facts right before you compare a mongrel with an elephant
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Aug 15, 2014 10:17am
@Aijaz I think Modi is right. Is your Army incapable of fighting with India so using Proxy war with the help of Jihadis.
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Aug 15, 2014 02:00pm
@Ahmed USA We might be earning Just USD 2 per day ...but we still don't run away from our country and work as labor in some other country.
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Aug 15, 2014 02:02pm
@Majid Sheikh Please read history carefully. Muslim majority areas had to go to Pakistan. But not the princely states ....and Kashmir was a princely state.
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Aug 15, 2014 07:03pm
@Rocket Singh you are wrong-Princely states were to go where the head wanted in line with his people. This worked as long as the head and people were of same religion. In Kashmir the head was hindu and people were 95% muslim. Lord Mountbatten agreed that Kashmir will get plebiscite to decide India/Pakistan.
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