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India spurns PM Khan's olive branch, says offer to investigate is 'lame excuse'
India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday evening responded to Prime Minister Imran Khan's offer for an investigation and dialogue over the Pulwama attack with further vitriol.
In a statement that spurned Islamabad's effort to defuse tensions, New Delhi described PM Khan's statement that Pakistan itself has been the biggest victim of terrorism as "far from the truth".
"We are not surprised that the prime minister of Pakistan refuses to acknowledge the attack on our security forces in Pulwama as an act of terrorism. Prime minister of Pakistan has neither chosen to condemn this heinous act nor condoled with the bereaved families," the MEA complained.
The complaint ignored Pakistan's official stance on the matter, with the Foreign Office stating that Pakistan has always condemned acts of extreme violence in Kashmir.
"Disclaiming any link between the terrorist attack and Pakistan is an oft-repeated excuse by Pakistan," the MEA wrote, alleging that PM Khan "has ignored claims" made by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) as well as the bomber behind the attack.
However, no explanation was offered in the statement as to what these "claims" were that the Indian government believe prove a Pakistani link to the attack.
It is understood that JeM — which is banned in Pakistan and listed as a terrorist organisation — has claimed responsibility for the incident. It is unclear what the MEA believes ties JeM's statement claiming responsibility of the attack to Pakistan.
After Pulwama, Pakistan has repeated that it is already taking action against JeM as it considers it a terrorist group.
According to Indian media reports, the bomber was a citizen of Indian occupied Kashmir. The parents of the bomber have stated that he turned to militancy after being humiliated and tortured by Indian occupation forces. No mention of how the bomber is connected to Pakistan was specified in the statement.
Instead of the 'actionable evidence' that PM Khan requested in order to be able to provide assistance to New Delhi, the MEA only repeated the accusation that "Jaish-e-Mohammad and its leader Masood Azhar are based in Pakistan. These should be sufficient proof for Pakistan to take action."
"The Prime Minister of Pakistan has offered to investigate the matter if India provides proof. This is a lame excuse. In the horrific attack in Mumbai on 26/11, proof was provided to Pakistan. Despite this, the case has not progressed for the last more than 10 years. Likewise, on the terror attack on Pathankot airbase, there has been no progress," the MEA has alleged.
The statement failed to acknowledge that Indian authorities themselves impeded the Pathankot investigation.
Regarding the Mumbai Attacks, PM Khan had stated in December 2018 in an interview to The Washington Post that he intended to see the case resolved and has asked his government to look into it.
The MEA also blocked Prime Minister Khan's proposal for a dialogue with vague conditions stating, "Pakistan’s Prime Minister has called for dialogue and expressed his readiness to talk about terrorism. India has repeatedly stated that it is ready to engage in a comprehensive bilateral dialogue in an atmosphere free from terror and violence."
The MEA also dedicated a paragraph to admonishing PM Khan for implying that the whipping up of war hysteria across the border may be politically motivated, especially given that the Indian general election is coming up later this year.
"India rejects this false allegation. India’s democracy is a model for the world which Pakistan would never understand," it said.
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When the prior incidents happened IK wasn’t in power - India should provide all evidence and give him a chance to deliver. He will keep his word
Since JeM has claimed responsibility, what other proof does Pakistan need? Please round them up and put them in jail for now. Thank you.
India alleging that PM Khan "has ignored claims" made by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) as well as the bomber behind the attack, is like asking the Pakistan's PM to own the attack which even Indian authorities and media have accepted being the home-grown affair. What is the credibility of Jaish-e-Mohammad's so called claim to have attacked?
In other words what she is saying is they have no evidence to share.
Is anyone surprised?
They are victims of their own rhetoric and false propega!
Non professional and irresponsible. Always trying to find scape goats for their atrocities and poor governance.
Just you dont want the peace in region, but the world appreciates PM Imran Khan (PAKISTAN) wish, when you come mature, we are ready to talk.
Indian elections are the reason. Modi and Co want to win elections at the cost of potential threat to half of its citizens in war with Pakistan.
As usual.. what else can be expected from India. If you are blaming someone, then you need an evidence for it. But India at all fronts failed to share any solid evidence except for rhetoric!
The most irrational act by India so far is the 200% duty imposed on all Pakistani goods entering India, thus causing a huge loss to its own traders. Hysteria has overtaken them.
Model of democracy for the world? Remind me how many people have been blinded by pellet guns?
Care to expand?
Its OK. This was expected. They know an insider job would come to surface.
another peace offering rebuffed by India. this shows the mentality of the Hindu fundamentalists across border who don't want peace instead wanna live in there false Bollywood created past. in their self imagined glorious past which they want to correct by changing names of cities to Hindu names. stop living in the past and create a future that could be an example. Bollywood past has nothing to do with reality. i also think that by watching Bollywood Pakistan bashing war movies, Indian internet warriors think they can teach Pakistan a lesson. again far from reality.
The response from the indian ministry rejecting the dialogue offer just shows how non-serious they are to resolve the core issue. This proves that this is all to get another win for Modi. Not the first time bjp is playing Pakistan card to fear monger the indian people to vote for them.
What else can you expect from small people in big offices.
"india's democracy is a model for the world that Pakistan will never understand."yes we wont understand a democratic model where the gujrat incidencehappened, where the babri mosque was destroyed, where your last name determines your eligibility to get a place to live. Indeed. It is very hard for us to understand a hypocritical model of governance
India is baffled by the calmness and maturity of Pakistan
The drama is created by Modi sarkar to win the upcoming elections.
they do.not trust us why we show them sincerity evertime when we know all answers.
When presented with direct statement and facts, what else can India do except being vague. They have no desire to talk about peace. This is pretty clear from their words and actions.
India must understand that suppression by majority Hindus on minorities does produce hatred and violent reactions. Hindus of India must not forget their own freedom from the British. Kashmir belongs to Kashmiris and must have their own country.
another peace talk proposal down the drain.... same old india ... same old.
I am 100% sure that India (Modi) is the one who did this incident to win the election. India also did Mumbai incident by themself and blamed Pakistan. Everyone knows about that. If they were honest, why did not India give access to the captured Ajmal Kasab to Media.
After what happened in ICJ today, India already lost all moral grounds of blaming Pakistan, Kulbushan is reality
Shusma jee: The Indian Government has been terrorizing the people of Kashmir for 70 years with now over 100.000 unarmed Kashmiris killed by your army and hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris maimed and raped. Stop terrorizing them and leave their lands to end the terrorism.
Let the BJP shout and scream, the whole world knows their antics know. Just wait until these elections end..
It was an inside job, they do not have any proof. They wanted to achieve some objectives.
As a Pakistani, I would sympathize with India. We have tendency to say we did this and did that. But on ground we have done little to convince world and India. Today India is a 4th largest economy and we should not bully her. Any conflict will drain us to the knees due to our frail economic status. We can not negotiate from the strength of weakness. We have opened conflicts with India, Afghanistan and Iran and our responses are blunt. If our govt. care about citizens then we should co-ordial with the neighbors. India have cancelled MFN which is going to stop our $400 million exports. This is a big money for us at this time. Our leaders should be sensible about neighbor. Let Kashmiris figt their demand and we should not poke ourselves.
'"India rejects this false allegation. India’s democracy is a model for the world which Pakistan would never understand," it said
Os it the model of democracy being applied on the innocent people of Kashmir in IOK. Grow up, live in reality, not in made up history books. An emulative democracy is not a genuine democracy. Get it.
'WASHINGTON: “It is not possible to bring such massive amounts of explosives by infiltrating the border,” says an Indian military commander, Lt Gen D.S. Hooda.
Did no one brief the General what the false narrative was.
So India expects us to arrest and extradite a Pakistani national merely based on Indian allegations alone? What kind of travesty of justice would that be?
@Babu,
If JeM has claimed responsibility...what does that have anything to do with Pakistan or its people..JeM is a banned organization in Pakistan and Pakistan forces are after them as well.
Now, where is JeM and how did he claim responsibility ?
How come India got irrefutable evidence even before Ambulances reached the scenes ? Where did they get the evidence from when no investigation started yet...
India media is the most stupid and childish media in the world. This new war between India and Pakistan will be due to their Bollywood media.
@Sid, No need. This was clearly a false flag operation to win Modi the elections. No need for the drama.
Indian immaturity of playing politics with war rhetoric is as dangerous as it can get. Never forget, what terminal armaments both countries have.
As Churchill said, " War may have a predictable start but always an unpredictable end....."
There should be no more olive branches from us. Just wait for the inside job to be exposed and then see the commotion
Nothing will change or make any different in India/Pakistan relations until Indian politicians stop spewing hate against Pakistan. It’s really sad that Hate against Pakistan sells big time to buy votes.
'Pakistan''s PM failed to respond to the Pulwama attack and lost of lives in a civilized way. However he did say that to start a war is easy but to stop it not so easy. Watching and hearing many view points and analysis of the experts, I can conclude that the attack become possible only because of the miserably failure of security agencies who have allowed more than 2500 BSF Jawans to take 300 km journey with 80 trucks in a raw. Moreover there was no security check of any cross civilian traffic on that road. Yes, we have to cry and mourn for these precious loss of lives but at the same time we must demand a thorough and fair investigation of this security lapses and to find out the culprits and punish them too. At the same time we should not allow the ruing party to take any advantage of this sad event in the coming election. The BJP would like to continue this mourning and war mongering saga till the election so people cannot remember their failures on political, social, economical and military fronts and hijack the election easily. Modi and Shah have done that in Gujarat and would like to do it again.'
According to Indian media reports, the bomber was a citizen of Indian occupied Kashmir. The parents of the bomber have stated that he turned to militancy after being humiliated and tortured by Indian occupation forces. The attack on Indian soldiers is not, and cannot be term as "terrorism" because it is an act of the Freedom Fighters of Kashmir to respond to the atrocities being committed by the Indian occupation army in Kashmir. the sooner Indians & BJP understand that, the better for peace. Pakistan has nothing to do with this attack. As the Indian General Hooda has also stated that it reflects a big lapse in Indian intelligence, and may well be a political ploy to gain support for BJP.
@Babu, According to Indian media reports, the bomber was a citizen of Indian occupied Kashmir. The parents of the bomber have stated that he turned to militancy after being humiliated and tortured by Indian occupation forces. The attack on Indian soldiers is not, and cannot be term as "terrorism" because it is a retaliatory act of the Freedom Fighters of Kashmir to respond to the atrocities being committed by the Indian occupation army in Kashmir. The sooner Indians & BJP understand that, the better for peace. Pakistan has nothing to do with this attack. As the Indian General Hooda has also stated that it reflects a big lapse in Indian intelligence, and may well be a political ploy to gain support for BJP.
Same old India. They really need to look in the mirror it may not be a pretty sight.
Modi vote Bank > Palwana attack.
India is obsessed with Pakistan. Their entire national policy is based on creating hatred against Pakistan. And it is working for them. They dont have any leader other then Modi, who is also obsessed with creating hatred and he seems to be very successful.
The fact that Indians start blaming Pakistan within a couple of hours of incident, shows that it was carried out by the Indians themselves to undermine crown prince visit and for the upcoming election. Pakistan would have gain nothing out of this.
Whilst we are very sad at the loss of the poor soldiers we are equally sad at the murder of innocent Kashmiris. Indians need to sort the Kashmir issue out peacefully and as far as Pakistan is concerned we have too many of our own problems to deal with so please do not blame us for all your ills. We only want peace but if you want to fight then so be it.
The reason India does not want to talk about the issue is because India is afraid to face the truth i.e. Kashmir is an issue that needs to be resolved. India knows that this is the 21st century i.e. the age of the internet where you can't hide things anymore. India will not be able to beat around the bush for too long, soon India will have no choice but to deal with it.
There is no way India will accept any offers from Pakistan. Reason: If they do, there is a risk of tensions between the countries to reduce which will not help the election campaign.
@Babu, Pakistan can make a video where RSS will claim responsibility. Will India ban RSS then?
@Zak, So why did Jaish claim the responsibility for the attack?
Free Kashmir ..India
Modi has said the time for talks are over.
I trust Sushma any day. She has saved many lives of ordinary Pakistanis like me by granting medical visas. I will accept the views of our politicians when they get treated in our own country rather than running to UK / US for their medical treatments. Shame on them for not developing affordable, quality medical services in Pakistan.Naya Pakistan is nothing more than continuation of deceit and lies.
" No mention of how the bomber is connected to Pakistan was specified in the statement. " -- As if the bomber manufactured all that RDX in his basement because he was a genius? No outside help at all there right?
Then the Indians complain when we say they have small hearts!!
It is not only about election, India is seeking long terms benefits too, with this blast what India wants:
Infact a policy to blackmail Pakistan constantly and continuously.
Clearly she does not want peace w Pakistan and India has no evidence to support Pakistan’s involvement
@Ahmad, yes, If RSS does such thing, they will be eliminated for sure.
@Naeem, please google “where is JeM chief”. You will get your answers and history on this beautiful organization and it’s leader.
Instead of Pakistan being isolated, what I see is that India has got it isolated. Does that mean, the size of economy does not matter much in international relations? Perhaps the active role in world politics as a threat or as a leader makes more sense for being noticed.
She knows that they don't have any evidence as it was planned by them. I still laugh when think about her running away from a meeting in UK and couldn't face Pakistani FM.
@AKRAM, you will get a reply. For sure, so do not worry.
Stop acting lame and provide the proof for the pudding otherwise your just warmongering just before elections
@Ahmad, Well Said
What a great Indian democracy where basic human rights are violated.
Elections coming. We understand your concerns. Do what you think is right to win the elections but don’t try to bully us as you will get a befitting response. Your childish approach won’t help you.
Bring it on, Ms Swaraj. Let see what India got.
Prime Minister of Pakistan is under no obligation to condemn or condole with the victims families when false accusations were hurled at Pakistan five mintues after the attack took place.
@Sid, Now this blind loyalty and admiration is admirable.
I hate to say this but Pakistan does not need to be given reasons to go after terrorists. Just do it! On the other hand, batton down the hatches and be prepared to respond properly to any incursion by indian forces.
@Zak, Sweet day dreams - bless you.
The last paragraph is epic. The model democracy has produced Modi who just has lost 4 out of 5 elections recent state elections.
It's all noise and fury signifying nothing.
@Babu, Only Babu says that so and so has accepted responsibility, no one else heard these words, at all?
@Ali, It is a democracy, so was Nazi Germany. Both r fascists
Enough is enough, get ready for strick India you will forget your nasty game of elections
Kulbushan Yadav is enemy of humanity and involved in killing of innocent people but you denied Is he not terrorist ? Palwana accident is happened because of your own designed aggression and brutality you have been involved since the end of British rule in the sub continent .
@Sid, What is the point of offering them impartial investigation when they believe what they want to believe.
What about the 100s innocent murdered by the Indian security forces in JiK
When someone is murdered, police investigation usually looks at the insurance policy and determines who the payout is going to. Therefore, a good place to start investigation on a crime like this is to first look at who really benefits from this crime. Pakistan sure has nothing to gain from it as India is not likely to hand over Kashmir on a silver platter to Pakistan over this incident. However, can you say the same about BJP and RSS when the election time is just around the corner and acrimony with Pakistan takes a central stage in their election campaign
Who is the beneficiary? It’s part of the modi’ Election campaigns. First babri masjid second gujrat massacre now Pulwama
Sushma has a Fox’ Look
India is trying to hide their home grown terrorism and terrosist
Nothing new here, the same old mantra from an oppressive regime.
When was the last time an Indian PM condemned a terrorist attack in Baluchistan or elsewhere in Pakistan or condoled with the families of the bereaved?
@sfomann, India is a thriving economy successful and moving ahead we treat our own patients and don't need loans to survive guess who is obsessed with India?
@Faran, wish there were more honest Pakistanis like yourself
@Babu, Kulbush is the exemple of your government ,stop to kill your own army, by making drama
See who is talking? This rude and arrogant behavior is the trademark of India.
@Sid, Evidence can be provided only if evidence is present...
Is there no sane voice left in India.
If an organization which is banned in Pakistan claimed the responsibility of the attack then how come government of Pakistan is responsible for it?
@ Babu - your own military commander Hooda has accepted its home grown ! and to drum the point home last time it was Uri when moodi needed a boost. this time its this. you people should wake up. your govt is killing your own people to gain political advantage. why wasn't teaching pakistan a lesson was on the front agenda as its now? well its election year and moodie sarakar wants to be PM again !
@Zak, and you, of course, have irrefutable proof of the false flag operation.
All hat and no cattle.
Indian response shows how immature and pathetic they are.....
India knows IK very well from his past.
@sfomann, Crown prince is visitng India as well. He is just another dignitary for India. No different from other 1000s of dignitaries who visit India. Why would India take it as big deal for his visit to Pakistan.
@Babu, babu. Claiming is different from actually proving in courts. The courts will set the terror outfits free if you do not have hard and solid evidences. Claims are just claims nothing more than a piece of paper
@Zak, I get it. We get it. Indians probably did not get it.
@Truth Teller , it’s true
@Sid, but the foreign policy is same. Modi doesnt say I was not in power therefore i have nothing to say. or Trump cannot say it was democrats to international policies
@Faran, atlast a sane voice in Pakistan who has grasped the situation and reality.
@sfomann, far from it. We have nothing to learn from Pakistan. Nothing.
@bhaRAT©, she is saying enough proofs have been given in the past, now no more proofs only payday.
Looks like the time of verbal dialog is gone and a different type of dialogs are on horizon.
@Zak, he never said
@Babu, proof means hard evidence and not just a claim by JeM which could potentially be false. The current Indian government is not interested in peace and I sincerely hope that Modi and his team are rejected by the Indian voters this time. The Kashmir issue cannot be resolved by force.
This means that india has some thing hide.
@Faran
I like your sincere, humble and honest comment
@Sid, Like the others were allowed to !!
I hope Modi wins the election. Another few years of BJP will surely divide India into 50 pieces.
Everyone saying it's election propaganda. I think they are fool or blind person.bcoz if it's election propaganda then it's mean Congress or other party wants bjp won election ...its mean now bjp will won full seat
@M. Saeed, soon you read what is credibility.
What a rude nation! We are wasting time making sense with these people. It is better to be ready incase they try to be fool so they can be slapped.
@Pervez, “So why did Jaish claim the responsibility for the attack?”
That’s a common tactic of terrorist organisations around the world. It makes them look effective and relevant.
The ugly face of India.
@Babu, Who said that anybody claimed responsibility. This is compulsive lying.
So much arrogance. So much animosity. So much for diplomacy...
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PM IK missed an important point in his video message about Pulwana attack. Right at the outset he should have expressed sorrow at the loss of life and injuries suffered and condoled the affected families. That is only point on which Indian Foreign Minister is right.
India does not want to resolve kashmir issue. India never will because if this issue resolves many shops of the Indians politicians would be closed and they know that kashmir would never come in Indian.
@Babu, even if JeM have claimed ‘credit’ it still needs validation.
@Pervez, because they can justify their existence.
@Babu, So, Jaish are more credible for Indians than Modi himself who is riding the shoulders of Jaish's claim ?
@Ahmed, this duty will trigger smuggling - and along with that ‘other things’.
@john , Such a mature response really appreciate that.
It's all staged to divert attention & slowdown SA investment.
India even failed to provide evidence related to Mumbai attack.
it is is totally unacceptable to just blame other country because you can keep up the security inside your country. India is playing dangerous game and consequences can be very bad.
@M. Saeed, Masood azhar is a Indian airline plane hijacker. NO evidence is required for taking action.
@AKRAM, Wait for the action.
@Haider , Not sure of India dividing into 50 pieces but definitely Modi will win, till he contests for election. Dont loose heart on Modi's win.
@Faran, Most sensitive article I have ever seen.
@Majid, Wait. Your wish would be fulfilled soon.
@Viq saad, Meaning of professional and irresponsible plzz? Its not an essay competition where u r practicing on your comprehension and language
@Zak, and India is well prepared for that. Are u?
@Akram, .... So, you mean what Kulbushan has claimed is just to look effective too?
Pakistan still doesn't get it, it is high time to expose Indian lust for False Flag events.
@Ali, soon we will explain little wait for you..
Then suit yourselves, we have nothing to do with it. That attack was an in-house job.
@sfomann, obsessed with such a growing economy of the world, following which India grown to be 3rd largest economy soon. Pakistan has helped India by outsourcing its space programmes and IT jobs.
@M. Saeed, it's more credible than Kulbhushan Jadhav's extracted confession.
@Japneet, it is india's insider job just for election hype. No more. Even chocolate are sold in india on the name of Pakistan enmity. I do not think so that why Indian cannot get it to throw such govt that put them on the stroke of war. Plz grow up
India is fast becoming a rouge state ... in fact they were long ago but is being now
@Sharjeel, - "@john , Such a mature response really appreciate that."
Yeah, and so mature on his part to steal someone else's name to put views suitable to Pakistan.
@Faran, first time seen some sane voice from Pak. Keep it up.
Pakistan should not take any action on this as it is an internal matter of India. I believe the Indian army will take all necessary steps to make sure such incidents are not repeated and the culprits are dealt with...
fed up of this rigid attitude of the Indian government. they never have anything positive to say. just blaiming and cursing. Idiots
@Babu, provide prrof not just lame talks !!
Attacker was local but still India want to hold Pakistan responsible this is ridiculous
If India is a model of democracy, who wants democracy? Shame on India for claiming to be democratic while it army has killed and raped hundred of thousands of the Kashmiri people for seeking to exercise their basic human and democratic rights
Lame excuse....India is a villain.
@Faran, Appreciate your thoughts bro...
There is not a single word in the comments about over 90,000 thousand Kashmiris martyred by the coward Indian army.
Please contact Indian Lt Gen D.S. Hooda to know the facts.
This is all just dirty politics. It's election year in India and uncle Modi needs a boost
Wake up India! Kashmir is under occupation and India has caused atrocities there. People will rise in opposition. If you have to blame someone, blame yourself India!
@Faran, A sane voice indeed among others. Thank you brother! It’s the willingness of respective governments to do do good for their own citizens and the willingness and efforts of citizens to have such elected government is what going to help. Rest is politics that is not helping anyone.
JeM has accepted responsibility. Is that proof enough?
What else she can do in order to get votes?
In other words, the Indian Government has no actual proof other than a statement from a group on Pakistan's list of of designated terrorists.