PM warns of befitting response if India carries false flag operation

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned that if India carries out any false flag operation then Pakistan will have no option but to give a befitting response.

In a series of tweets, the prime minister said as protests in India are increasing, threat to Pakistan from India is also increasing. He said India is trying to divert attention from its domestic chaos plus whip up war hysteria to mobilise Hindu nationalism.

“I have been warning the int community of this for some time & am reiterating again: if India does such an operation to divert attention from its domestic chaos plus whip up war hysteria to mobilise Hindu nationalism, Pak will have no option but to give a befitting response,” said the prime minister.

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He said the Indian army chief’s statement adds to our concerns of a false flag operation. Indian army chief Bipin Rawat had said that tension along the Line of Control (LoC) could escalate soon.

The prime Minister said I have been warning the international community of this for some time and am reiterating again.

“At the same time the siege by Indian Occupation forces in IOJK continues & a bloodbath can be expected when it is lifted. As these protests are increasing, threat to Pak from India is also increasing. Indian Army Chief’s statement adds to our concerns of a False Flag operation,” he said.

I have been warning the int community of this for some time & am reiterating again: if India does such an operation to divert attention from its domestic chaos plus whip up war hysteria to mobilise Hindu nationalism, Pak will have no option but to give a befitting response.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) December 21, 2019

He said over the last five years of Modi’s government, India has been moving towards Hindu state with its Hindutva supremacist fascist ideology. Now with passing of the controversial Citizens Amendment Act, all those Indians who want a pluralist India are beginning to protest and it is becoming a mass movement, he added.

The prime minister said at the same time the siege by Indian occupation forces in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir continues and a bloodbath can be expected when it is lifted.

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Earlier on Thursday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that India always tried to divert the attention of the world when trapped in domestic problems.

The foreign minister said that an extraordinary movement was being reported along the Line of Control (LoC) and Pakistani armed forces were fully ready to respond to any aggression. Warning the Indian government, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Pakistan would respond aggressively in case of any cross border misadventure.

According to Qureshi, it was a planned conspiracy of India to divert the world from the Indian citizenship law. The foreign minister said that different states have also rejected the controversial law.