ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has hit back hard at theIndian Prime Minister false claims of the Surgical strike against Pakistan.
He slammed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for repeatedly making falseclaims about the country carrying out surgical strikes inside Pakistan.
In a series of tweets, Asif said Modi has made repeated claims about“imaginary surgical strikes” either to shore up dwindling public support orbecause he is being made a fool of by his own army.
In reply to a tweet by another user, the foreign minister said the IndianPM does even know the meaning of a surgical strike after Modi claimed Indiatried to inform Pakistan before launching the alleged strikes in September2016.
Asif went on to call Modi a “mass murderer” responsible for sponsoringgenocide in occupied Kashmir and butchering religious minorities.
Pakistan on Thursday had also rejected the claims, with the Foreign Officeclaiming the statements false and baseless.
During a weekly briefing on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesperson DrMohammad Faisal said Pakistan has openly condemned the claims of surgicalstrikes and that India tried to inform Pakistan before launching thealleged strikes in September 2016. He added repetition does not changefalse claims into truth.