ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb 23 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistani military, rejected India’s allegations over a recent attack in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, and called for peace, as the country doesn’t want to have a war with its neighbour.
The comments by the military spokesman, Major General Asif Ghafoor, chief of the army’s Inter-Services Public Relations, came, amid tension between Pakistan and India, after a suicide attack which killed 40 Indian paramilitary troopers, in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.
The Jaish-e-Muhammad group, which is outlawed in Pakistan, claimed the attack. India blamed Pakistan of links with the attack but Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, rejected the allegations and offered help in investigation of the Feb 14 attack.
“We do not want to follow the path of war. We expect you (India) will consider the call for peace by the government of Pakistan and will not become a hurdle in the way of peace and development in the region,” the Pakistani military spokesman told a news conference.
“The people in the region have the right to live in peace and in an environment which is based on peace, stability and co-existence,” Ghafoor said.
The army spokesman rejected Indian allegations of Pakistan’s involvement in the attack, saying, India levelled allegations against Pakistan shortly after the attack, without any investigations.
“Pakistan has already clarified that it has nothing to do with the Pulwama attack, as the attacker, explosive devices, and planning were indigenous,” he said, adding, the prime minister has already offered India to provide concrete evidence.”
He also expressed the hope that India will respond to this offer in a positive way.– NNN-APP
