Kashmir is a nuclear flash point: Pakistan Army

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Bangla Tribune Desk
Published : 14:42, Aug 18, 2019 | Updated : 16:31, Aug 18, 2019

Pakistani Defence Forces spokesman Major General Asif Gafoor (R) and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s special committee on Kashmir held its first meeting at Islamabad on Saturday (Aug 17), reports Pakistani media outlet the News.

The seven-member committee was formed on Imran Khan’s directives on Aug 6.

Following the meeting, the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, ISPR DG Major General Asif Ghafoor held a joint press conference. The Pakistani foreign minister said  India may launch military action to divert attention from Kashmir but  Pakistan's army and the nation are prepared to respond to any such move.

"We want to inform the world that we are suspicious of India's intentions," Qureshi added. 

"Narendra Modi has buried  Nehru's India", he said, adding that Indian policy is revolving around "Doval Doctrine".

Speaking on the occasion, Major General Asif Ghafoor said  Pakistan's armed forces are fully prepared to respond to Indian aggression.

He said the Pakistan Army is fully capable of giving befitting response to India on the eastern front.

Major Asif Ghafoor rejected Indian allegations of cross border infiltration.

He said Kashmir has become a jail where soldiers are deployed in front of every door.

Answering a question, the DG ISPR said Kashmir is a nuclear flashpoint and world needs to look into  Indian defence minister's remarks about the use of nuclear weapons.

"Responsible states do not talk like the way Rajnath Singh (Indian Defence Minister) did," he said.

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