Pakistan PM Imran Khan makes the same old \'provide evidence\' excuse after Pulwama terror attack

Pakistan PM Imran Khan makes the same old 'provide evidence' excuse after Pulwama terror attack

The Pak PM says India is targeting Pakistan without a shred of evidence, asks why Pakistan would attack India at a time when it was going forward on the path of development.

In his first reaction after the ghastly Pulwama terror attack, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday denied his country's involvement in the terrorist attack that left 40 CRPF jawans dead. He even asked India to introspect and stop pointing fingers on Pakistan. Imran Khan said India had been targeting Pakistan without a shred of evidence. He also asked why Pakistan would attack India at a time when it was going forward on the path of development.

"Pakistan ko isse kya faayda hai? Kyu Pakistan karega iss stage ke upar jab Pakistan stability ki taraf ja raha hai?," he said, during his first press conference after Pulwama terrorist attack. The Pakistan PM said: "It is in our interest that nobody from our soil spreads violence. I want to tell Indian govt that we will take action if evidence is found against anyone from Pakistan." The Pakistan PM, however, did not say anything on Pakistan-based internationally recognised terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammad, which has claimed the responsibility for the attack.

In a direct reference to PM Modi's remarks that "time for a dialogue has ended", and that it was time for action, Imran Khan said: "If you think you will attack us and we will not think of retaliating, we will retaliate."

Earlier today, the Indian Army confirmed that Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI along with  Jaish-e-Mohammad was behind that Pulwama attack. The Indian Army also said the mastermind behind the attack had been killed in an Army encounter in Pinglina village on Monday. The Army reassured its commitment that terrorists entering the Kashmir Valley will not go alive and that anyone who would pick up the gun in Kashmir would be eliminated. Representatives from the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF were also present at the press conference.

The Army, J&K Police and CRPF in a joint conference said that the focus of the security forces, including the Jammu and Kashmir police, was very clear on terrorism, and militant recruitments had decreased in the Kashmir Valley in recent times, which was a positive sign.

Edited by Manoj Sharma

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