The Foreign Office’s spokesman Shafqat Ali Khan declared that cross -border terrorism remains the central challenge in his ties with Afghanistan, claiming that India actively ‘condescending terrorism’ in Afghan territory.
In a weekly briefing on Friday, he said Pakistan has repeatedly raised concerns about terrorist shrines in Afghanistan, which constitute serious threats to regional stability. “Short rorism remains an adhesive point,” he noted, accused India of “condescending terrorism against Pakistan.”
Khan also condemned the BJP government’s demolition of over 500 shrines in Uttarakhand as evidence of rising Islamophobia. He described the action as “another demonstration of the virulence that the current exemption in India is pursuing his anti -Muslim agenda.”
In response to Indian aggression in the wake of the Pahagam event, Khan warned against one -sided militaristic aggression. “No state can provide another opportunity to violate its sovereignty and territorial integrity as desired,” he said, confirming Pakistan’s emergency preparedness to defend his sovereignty. “With full strength.”
Referring to comments from India’s Minister of External Affairs’ s Jaisankar of alleged nuclear extortion claimed Khan that such speech exposes India’s uncertainty about Pakistan’s defense ability.
He said Pakistan’s conventional forces are “sufficient to deter India without the self -imposed nuclear extortion that New Delhi suffers.”
On the Treaty of Indus, he greeted a preliminary decision from the permanent arbitration court that reprimanded India’s unilateral suspension of the treaty. He describes India’s action as “totally illegal,” he said the assignment “Vindicates Pakistan’s position in a very clear way.”
In addition, Khan Pakistan and India confirmed prisoners on July 1 under the consular access agreement in 2008-Pakistan shared 246 names of Indian or Indian original prisoners, while India handed a list of 463 Pakistani prisoners. He urged both nations to secure the welfare of prisoners.
He also highlighted Pakistan’s participation in regional diplomacy and said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif led the delegation at the 17th ECO Topy Meeting in Azerbaijan, where he held bilateral meetings and advanced Pakistan’s political agenda. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar also reached Turkish’s leadership in front of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s upcoming visit.
In response to whether Pakistan would seek American mediation in his dialogue with India, the spokesman said Islamabad prefers diplomacy rather than conflict. “It is India’s choice whether it draws the path to warfare or takes steps to dialogue and reconciliation.”
Meanwhile, he repeated Fast Pakistan’s unwavering support to Palestine. He called for a sovereign Palestinian state along borders before 1967 with Al Quds Al Sharif as the capital, emphasizing that every ceasefire in Gaza must end occupation and respect Palestinian rights.
“The road to peace is not through normalization under hardness, but through justice, freedom and dignity to the Palestinian people,” he added.
