ISLAMABAD: Apparently reacting to a fabricated and fake story, India asked Pakistan on Thursday to “temper its rhetoric.”
The Indian external affairs ministry stated this a day before the independence day of India to express its ire about the statement that was never made.
Siplomatic sources, while talking to The News/Jang Thursday evening, maintained that the so-called reaction from New Delhi does not merit any official rejoinder. Pakistan’s foreign office had already rejected India’s allegations as “a misleading and self-serving construct,” saying: “Pakistan remains firmly opposed to the use or threat of use of force. India’s sabre-rattling and war mongering, whenever confronted, invite unfounded allegations bereft of rationality.”
India that suffered humiliating defeat in May last war with Pakistan, asked Pakistan, “Temper your rhetoric, any misadventure to have painful consequences.”
Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Thursday, “We have seen reports regarding a continuing pattern of reckless, war-mongering and hateful comments from Pakistani leadership against India. It is well-known modus-operandi of the Pakistani leadership to whip up anti-India rhetoric time and again to hide their own failures.” The spokesperson said “Pakistan would be well-advised to temper its rhetoric as any misadventure will have painful consequences as was demonstrated recently.”
Earlier this week, Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif dismissed Indian accusations of “sabre-rattling,” by reminding that New Delhi’s claims about alleged nuclear threats by the Pakistani army chief were baseless and reflected domestic political pressures on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.