PM Shehbaz has said India “deliberately evaded” the path of taking up Pakistan’s offer for neutral investigations into the Pahalgam incident.

“They had nothing to prove and based on a false pretext and bloated arrogance and ego, launched the offensive, for which it has got a very befitting response,” the premier said.

He said India’s “blatant aggression” against innocent civilians, resulting in the deaths of children, women and the elderly while calling them terrorists, was “utterly shameful” and against all international laws, norms and morality.

PM Shehbaz in a visit to Pasrur Cantonment, Sialkot on Wednesday. — ISPR
PM Shehbaz in a visit to Pasrur Cantonment, Sialkot on Wednesday. — ISPR

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