ISLAMABAD: The latest revelations by Satya Pal Malik, the so-called former governor of Indian-occupied Kashmir (IIOJK), have once again vindicated Pakistan’s stance on the February 2019 Pulwama attack, the foreign office (FO) said on Sunday.
“His disclosures demonstrate how the Indian leadership has habitually used the bogey of terrorism from Pakistan to advance its sham victimhood narrative and the Hindutva agenda, clearly for domestic political gains,” said the FO spokesperson.
The spokesperson went on to say that Islamabad hoped the international community would take note of the latest revelations and see through India’s propaganda campaign against Pakistan, which was motivated by selfish political considerations and based on lies and deception.
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“India must answer the questions raised in the latest revelations. It is time India be held accountable for the actions that imperilled regional peace in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack,” it was stressed.
Pakistan, the spokesperson said, for its part, would continue to counter India’s false narrative, and act firmly and responsibly in the face of different provocations.
In an interview with Karan Thapar for ‘The Wire’, Malik painted a damning picture of PM Modi and his closest advisors.
In an extraordinarily revealing interview with Karan Thapar, Satyapal Malik says that the CRPF had asked for aircrafts ahead of the Pulwama tragedy, and the request was denied by the Union govt.
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“I can safely say the PM has no real problem with corruption,” he said.
Malik, who was governor during the February 2019 terrorist attack in Pulwama and the repeal of Article 370 in August of that year, said Modi was “ill-informed” and “ignorant” about Kashmir and told him not to speak about the Union home ministry’s lapses that led to the devastating terrorist attack on soldiers in Pulwama.
Malik revealed during the interview that the attack on the Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Pulwama was the result of “incompetence” on the part of the Indian system, specifically the CRPF and the home ministry.
