ISLAMABAD – Pakistan strongly rejected the Indian leadership’s recentstatement critical of PM Imran Khan’s government.
Pakistan on Friday rejected the Indian leadership’s recent statementscritical of the Imran Khan government, saying the remarks were an attemptto divert attention from the growing anti-government protests.
Pakistan’s Foreign Office said that the recent remarks by President RamNath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were reflection of India’sdesperate attempts to divert attention from Jammu and Kashmir and thegrowing protests against the government.
“They also manifest the BJP’s familiar ploy of Pakistan-bashing as part ofits electoral calculations,” it said.
It said that the allegations of mistreatment of minorities in Pakistan wereused by the Indian leadership as a propaganda tool.
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“We hope steps would be taken to hold India accountable for its illegalaction and make it respect its international obligations,” the FO added.
Prime Minister Modi on Thursday accused the Congress and other oppositionparties of inciting protests against the CAA and the NPR and likened theOpposition’s stand on the CAA to that of Pakistan, saying Islamabad spokethe same language for decades to mislead and incite Indian Muslims.
