ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan gives a stern response toIndian Army Chief statement.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday issued a strongly worded statement inwhich he warned the world that “Pakistan will have no option but to give abefitting response” to India if it undertakes a “false-flag operation”.
The premier’s statement comes in the backdrop of a recent statement byIndian army chief Bipin Rawat who had said that the situation at therestive Line of Control (LoC) can “escalate any time”.
“We (Indian army) have to be prepared for the spiralling of the escalatorymatrix,” Rawat was quoted by Indian media as saying.
PM Imran’s statement comes as a massive movement in India has taken root inwhich citizens are galvanising to protest the newly introduced CitizenshipAmendment Act.
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The Act makes it easier for non-Muslims from the neighbouring countries ofAfghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to gain Indian citizenship.
“Over the last 5 years of Modi’s government, India has been moving towardsHindu Rashtra with its Hindutva Supremacist fascist ideology. Now with theCitizens Amendment Act, all those Indians who want a pluralist India arebeginning to protest and it is becoming a mass movement,” said the premier.
PM Imran issued a stark reminder of the ongoing siege by Indian occupationforces in India-occupied Kashmir, saying that “a bloodbath can be expectedwhen it is lifted”.
