NewsSeptember 30, 2016
Pakistan rubbishes Indian claims of ‘surgical strikes’
By APPISLAMABAD: The Federal cabinet on Friday rejected Indian claims of carrying out surgical strike inside Pakistan and vowed to continue moral, political and diplomatic support of the Kashmiris.
The meeting was convened to deliberate on the deteriorating situation along the Line of Control (LoC) after Indian forces opened unprovoked fire in the Azad Jammu Kashmir during which two soldiers embraced martyrdom.
Chairing the meeting, PM Nawaz Sharif said the nation, along with the country’s brave armed forces, is fully prepared and ready to defend the motherland from any sort of aggression.
“I must make it clear that each and every person of this country is ready to defend its motherland. The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with its valiant armed forces. No one will be allowed to cast an evil eye on Pakistan,” the Premier remarked.
He said Kashmir is an unfinished agenda of the partition of the sub-continent, that cannot be overlooked.
“The atrocities being perpetrated by the Indian forces cannot suppress the freedom struggle of the people of Kashmir,” he said.
“Indian aggression against the people of Kashmir is unacceptable,” the Prime Minister said.
The Cabinet took up the issue of situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir. Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry briefed the Cabinet.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif briefed the meeting on security situation on the Line of Control.
The cabinet extended moral, political and diplomatic support to the Kashmiris in their struggle for right to self-determination.
Courtesy www.thenews.com.pk
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