Khar criticises statements
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.—File Photo
NEW DELHI: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar appeared on Indian television on Wednesday and issued a firm denial and criticised the statements by authorities in Delhi about the alleged killing of two Indian soldiers in Kashmir.
“Let me just say that we are a bit appalled at some statements that are coming in from India because the government of Pakistan has absolutely rejected that any such incident took place,” she told India’s CNN-IBN network.
“It is not Pakistan’s policy to not observe the ceasefire on LoC,” she added.
Ms Khar said Pakistan tempered its language after the death of one of its soldiers on Sunday in a border skirmish and India should have followed suit.
“We believe that these issues must be dealt with in a responsible manner,” she said.
“We can ask a third party to do investigation on this, you know that UN military observers exist, we can call them.
“It is not Pakistan’s policy to do tit-for-tat… We must not all go back to having a go at each other.”
Some analysts have suggested that militants could have been involved.
Asked who was responsible for killing the Indian soldiers, Pakistani political analyst Hasan Askari told AFP: “It’s very difficult to suggest.
It could be militants, it could be the Pakistan army. Indians are talking of a lot of brutality on the dead bodies – if that is true then perhaps the probability of militants is quite high.”
“We can confirm that one of the Indian soldiers was beheaded by the Pakistani army,” Indian army spokesman Jagdeep Dahiya told AFP.
“It was a dastardly act as they have taken away the head.”
Senior military officers who visited the site of the attack said an attempt had also been made to remove the head of the second soldier.
“There was a slash on the neck of the second body,” one officer said in New Delhi on the condition he is not identified by rank or name.
In a sign of a desire for revenge among troops on the ground, the officer said it was “now a matter of prestige, the battalion has to regain its honour”.—AFP
This is state of least trust worthy in world.
You go with complete proof and they shall deny absolutely.
I am of the opinion that Indian Government should stop the peace deal. And no more regular use of words after any incidents.
Go for back answer-Tit for Tat. his is the language they understand.
If your soldiers did not kill them, then who killed them? It appears that Pakistan did not learn the lesson even after the counry got divided as a result of previous wars lead by dictators.
This is a false flag operation, period. Ours is a professional army which does not commit such heinous acts as beheading fallen soldiers. This is an attempt to destabilize the relationship between the two countries, specially at a time when Pakistan is faced with extreme pressure on its western borders. We cannot fight on two borders simultaneously and we know it. Therefore it is hardly likely that we would initiate such an action. There are dark forces at work here, while our leaders are busy with political and corrupt economic shenanigans.
Here we go again, with the same old song. However it seems to have a different beat this time, with pressure on the western front a false flag operation may have been conducted to start a new front on our eastern border. All signs point towards it, will those who rule us wake up and realize what is happening ? Do they even care?
Soldiers have been shooting at each other across the North Korean – South Korean border for 60 years. It has pretty normal normal. It’s just the soldiers and not a government policy.
Biggest hog wash I have ever heard.