ISLAMABAD/ MULTAN - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Monday that India was engaged in hybrid war against Pakistan in order to create frustration among people and also damage investment, being made in the country.

Qureshi strongly condemned incident of terrorism in Balochistan and stated that India was sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan. In a statement issued by the Bab-ul-Quraish, a local media cell of Qureshi family, Foreign Minister said that Hindustan was violating ceasefire along the Line of Control and resorting to heavy shelling. 

Opposition should understand that India was patronising terrorism in Balochistan, said Qureshi adding that it (Opposition) was criticising the state institutions and promoting enemy's narrative. "Is Opposition's narrative serving our national interests," Qureshi questioned. Qureshi maintained that Establishment was protecting country's interests within ambit of law and constitution.

He remarked that Opposition leadership hailing from Balochistan should also take interest in the affairs of the province and should perform its important role in protection of local people. EU Disinfo Lab, he said, has exposed the Indian's nefarious designs.  

Similarly, Pakistan has shared, through a dossier, irrefutable evidences of India's involvement in terror incidents in Pakistan, at international level. The Hindutva policy of Modi government buried image of secularism of India. The minorities were being pushed to wall through biased laws in the fascist regime of Modi, he added. Similarly, the International media was also writing articles against India nefarious designs.

Qureshi reiterated that Pakistan would continue to raise voice in support of innocent people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The struggle of the innocent people for their right of self-determination would surely succeed, he expressed his confidence.

The founding leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of Nation) Asiya Andrabi raised effective voice on the brutalities of Indian forces against women in the IIOJK. She was imprisoned for last 15 years by the occupied forces. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that all the political prisoners in IIOJK should be given right of free and fair trial.

Opposition should understand India patronising terrorism in Balochistan

The minister of foreign affairs also maintained that Pakistan wrote letters to UN secretary general and Human Rights Commissioner in Geneva. The international bodies should ensure transparent inquiries through United Nations Commission of Inquiries. Qureshi also demanded of action on human rights violations in IIOJK as per inquiry of Human Rights Commissioner  Commenting on Pakistan Democratic Movements rally in Bahawalpur, Shah Mahmood Qureshi remarked that it was a "show" only. There was no power in the show. So, the event could not be termed as Power Show, stated Qureshi.

Responding to the concern of Maryam Nawaz Sharif on deprivation of South Punjab, Qureshi questioned, "who was responsible for keeping South Punjab deprived of and who was ruler of the Punjab for decades?" In whose tenure, the slogan of "Asaan Qaidi Takhat Lahore Daay" became popular,   Qureshi recalled.  

He, however, maintained that PTI government took two big decisions and established Multan and Bahawalpur Secretariats with an aim to ensure transfer of powers at gross roots level. Similarly, PTI government earmarked huge funds for uplift of the backward region of south Punjab, said Qureshi.

In a message on Kashmiris’ right to self-determination, being observed today (January 5), FM Qureshi said that Kashmiris around the world were observing the 72nd anniversary of the United Nations’ commitment that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute would be decided through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite under the UN auspices.

“Through this resolution, the United Nations affirmed its support for realisation of the inalienable right to self-determination of Kashmiris – a right from which all other fundamental freedoms and basic human rights emanate,” he added. Regrettably, he said, this right of Kashmiris was being brazenly denied by India in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir for more than past seven decades.

Foreign Minister Qureshi said India had buried the concept of secularism owing to its Hindutva policy.