KARACHI – Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhuttolinkto back down on remarks about Narendra Modi, which sparked an uproar inIndia.
Bilawal, the son of slain Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto, defended his’butcher of Gujarat’ remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in aninterview with Bloomberglink.
The PPP leader said he was referring to the historical fact, and decried amember of the Indian ruling party who announced an INR 2-crore reward forbeheading him over his remarks.
He said “If I’m quoting somebody else, and referring to a historical factthat Modi would prefer we forget about, the response shouldn’t be a threatof assassination”, and mentioned that the death threat crossed a line.
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Clarifying a statement hyped by Indian media, FM said comments from acolleague who said New Delhi should not forget that Islamabad has an atomicbomb were not cause for alarm. He said that was not a threat of nuclearwar, adding that no one thinks nuclear war is an appropriate reaction.