Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday in its first statement after the Pulwama attack said that Pak is open for discussing terrorism with India and that if India attacked us, we will retaliate.
In a video message, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Pakistan will act if India can provide “actionable evidence” to prove that Islamabad was behind the February 14 Pulwama terror attack that took the lives of 40 CRPF personnel.
Continuing, he said that allegations against his country are without any evidence and that carrying any such terror attack was not in Pakistan’s interest when it is moving towards stability.
“It is in our interest that nobody from our soil spreads violence. I want to tell the Indian government that we will take action if evidence is found against anyone from Pakistan. We want stability. Why would we carry out any such attack,” said the Pakistan PM.
“India accused Pakistan without any evidence and without thinking how this (attack) would benefit us,” the Pakistan PM said. “Would even a fool try to sabotage such an important visit as that of the Saudi crown prince?” he added.
Although, Jaish-e-Mohammed, the militant group itself revealed they were the mastermind behind the terror attack.
On February 14, the suicide attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror group left 40 CRPF personnel dead.
Further, Khan said that if India take actions then Pakistan will retaliate too. “If you (Indian government) think you will attack us and we will not think of retaliating, we will retaliate. We all know starting a war is in the hands of humans, where it will lead us only God knows. This issue should be solved through dialogue,” said Khan.
Pakistan PM referred to Afghanistan peace talks where the US and the Taliban representatives have met to resolve the conflict and said, “Dialogue is the way forward, not violence”.
Khan said that India needs to introspect its approach towards Kashmir.
“I think it is time for India to ask why the youth in Kashmir are on the edge of violence. Indian government needs to introspect on this,” he said.
Khan further added, “l understand this is an election year and it would look good on part of the Indian government if they take any action against Pakistan but India should not think that Pakistan won’t retaliate. We will retaliate.”
The Pakistan PM ended his address to Indian government saying that he hopes, “better sense will prevail”.
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