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| Gurdaspur attack: Pointing fingers before probe is unhealthy, says FO |
| 2015-07-31 |
| [DAWN] As India blamed Pakistain for the Gurdaspur attack that killed at least seven people this week, the Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday termed accusations "unfortunate" and said countering terrorism could only be possible through cooperation. "Pointing fingers before investigation is not a healthy trend," said FO spokesperson Qazi Khalilullah at a news briefing. India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha today that the gunnies who stormed a cop shoppe and killed seven people in India's Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... had come from Pakistain, according to a preliminary report. Singh said the Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, which belonged to the Death Eaters and were recovered after they were rubbed out, established that they crossed into India through the River Ravi. "The trio was dressed in army fatigues and equipped with Chinese-made grenades and AK 47s," he added. In a statement shorn of the nationalist rhetoric the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is known for, the minister also warned of a forceful response to any attempt to undermine India's territorial integrity or security but did not specify any response to Monday's attack. Indian police had managed to overcome three heavily gunnies after a 12-hour shootout. Four coppers including the local superintendent and three civilians had died in the operation in the usually calm northern state of Indian Punjab. Pakistain's Foreign Office categorically rejected the "baseless allegations" made by Rajnath Singh, Home Minister of India, in the Parliament, today. "Pakistain regrets the unsubstantiated and unwarranted assertion that those involved in the Gurdaspur incident of July 27, had entered India from Pakistain and believes that the home minister's provocative comments are a threat to peace and security of the region," FO front man said. "We have noted with concern a continuing tendency of India to cast blame on Pakistain for any terrorist incident in its territory. In the Gurdaspur incident, blames were apportioned to Pakistain by the Indian media, even when the encounter with Death Eaters was still going on," Qazi Khalilullah said. He added,"To tackle terrorism, a cooperative approach is required and blame game, and finger-pointing would be unhelpful." |
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