ISLAMABAD – Pakistan will respond to the Indian attack at a time and placeof its choosing, said the foreign minister.
A press briefing by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Finance MinisterAsad Umar and Defence Minister Pervez Khattak on Tuesday rejected India’sclaims that there was a terrorist camp in the area it attacked. “Not atall. There was no presence of any such nature,” Qureshi denied.
He briefed the media on the decisions made during the National SecurityCommittee meeting and read out a statement from the meeting.
It was attended by all three minister and the heads of all three branchesof the military, he said, adding that it strongly rejected the Indian claimof targeting a terrorist camp near Balakot and causing heavy casualties.The Indian government has once again resorted to self-servicing recklessand fictitious claims, he read.
Qureshi said the claim has been made for domestic consumption in light ofthe upcoming election. For this election, India is putting regional peaceand stability at great risk, he said.
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Domestic and international media will be taken to the site of the allegedattack and everyone will be able to see the claimed area of the strike, hesaid.
The helicopters are ready and if the weather permits they will be takennow, he said. He added that China’s leaders in Pakistan will be taken tobear witness to the violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and inform the UNand its own leadership of it.
