'Glorifies Laden As Martyr, Shelters Terrorists Like Lakhvi, Hafiz Saeed': India's Sharp Comeback At Pak

India hit out at Pakistan's foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto for his personal remarks on PM Modi.

MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi (left) and Pakistan FM Bilawal Bhutto (right)

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India on Friday slammed Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto for his personal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi referring to the comments as a "new low even for Pakistan" and "uncivilised".

The official statement criticised Pak saying, "These comments are a new low, even for Pakistan. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan has obviously forgotten this day in 1971, which was a direct result of the genocide unleashed by Pakistani rulers against ethnic Bengalis and Hindus. Unfortunately, Pakistan does not seem to have changed much in the treatment of its minorities. It certainly lacks credentials to cast aspersions at India."

Lashing out at Pakistan for its support to terror breeders, the official spokesperson of MEA Arindam Bagchi said, "Pakistan is a country that glorifies Osama bin Laden as a martyr, and shelters terrorists like Lakhvi, Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar, Sajid Mir, and Dawood Ibrahim. No other country can boast of having 126 UN-designated terrorists and 27 UN-designated terrorist entities!"

Our response to media queries regarding Pakistan Foreign Minister’s uncivilised remarks:https://t.co/0MAAaURtr6 pic.twitter.com/Z0nldJxNJ5

— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) December 16, 2022

Suggesting Pakistan to change its own mindset or remain a pariah, India added, "Pakistan FM’s frustration would be better directed towards the masterminds of terrorist enterprises in his own country, who have made terrorism a part of their State policy."

"Cities like New York, Mumbai, Pulwama, Pathankot, and London are among the many that bear the scars of Pakistan-sponsored, supported, and instigated terrorism. This violence has emanated from their Special Terrorist Zones and exported to all parts of the world. "Make in Pakistan” terrorism has to stop," the statement added.

The statement further said, "We wish that Pakistan FM would have listened more sincerely yesterday at the UN Security Council to the testimony of Ms. Anjali Kulthe, a Mumbai nurse who saved the lives of 20 pregnant women from the bullets of the Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab. Clearly, the Foreign Minister was more interested in whitewashing Pakistan’s role."