Observer Report
Abu Dhabi
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said that India was planning to launch a surgical strike against Pakistan. It is trying to seek “tacit approval” from important international players, who it considered its “partners” to divert attention away from its worsening domestic situation.
Addressing a press conference in Abu Dhabi, the foreign minister said India’s irrational approach
was driven by its frustration emanating from internal unrest due to the RSS-BJP regime’s policies aimed at the subjugation of religious minorities and disadvantaged segment of the society.
“India is planning a false flag operation… we are well aware about the Indian designs. We have credible intelligence about Indian plans to stage false flag operation,” he said.
“I want to share all this information with the UAE government and rest of the world,” he added.
The ongoing farmers’ protests in Punjab, Qureshi said, was a “country-wide protest” resulting from “the policies of this regime, the BJP regime”. He said the protest was growing, with various segments of India such as “opposition parties, lawyers, civil society and trade unions” expressing their support for it.
“The mishandling of the coronavirus by Indian authorities is known to everyone. The impact that it is having on their economy is known to all.”
The situation of the minorities in India, the foreign minister said, was also “increasingly uncomfortable”, referring to the protests in Assam and the situation of Dalits, Sikhs and Muslims.
Qureshi said “Pakistan is fully prepared to respond to and defeat India’s designs.” We will do it […] as we did respond immediately and effectively in February 2019,” he warned.
FM Qureshi is currently on a two-day official visit to the Gulf state, where he has held meetings with Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The foreign minister said the situation in IIOJK had further deteriorated due to India’s oppression of Kashmiri people. He also mentioned the country-wide protest of Indian farmers and mishandling of coronavirus pandemic, that led to the agitation of citizens against the incumbent BJP government. Pakistan had exposed the nefarious designs of India to create instability and presented before the world the credible evidence in this regard, he maintained. Indian Chronicles report by EU DisInfo Lab, he said, was proof that India was misusing international platforms as important as the United Nations and European Union. He said Pakistan was a peaceful country, however, was firm to give a befitting response in case India made attempt of any military misadventure.
Qureshi urged upon the world to take notice of India, which he said, was playing a dangerous game of targeting peace in the region.
