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Indian strikes against Pakistan endangered regional peace: FO
May 09, 2025

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Pakistan says India's reckless conduct has brought the two nuclear-armed states closer to a major conflict.

At his weekly media briefing in Islamabad today, Foreign Office Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan said India has been violating Pakistan's sovereignty since 7th of this month and condemnably, the Indian strikes against Pakistan have endangered the regional peace and stability.

The Spokesperson said Pakistan unequivocally condemns these illegal acts. The Indian actions are a flagrant violation of the UN Charter, international law, and established norms governing the inter-state relations.

Shafqat Ali Khan said India's jingoism and war hysteria should be a source of serious concern for the world.

He said as South Asia is home to over one-fifth of the world population, it can ill-afford the irresponsible actions like the ones being carried out by India.

 The Spokesperson said in the wake of Pahalgam attack, the Indian leadership has once again used the bogey of terrorism to advance its sham narrative of victimhood, jeopardizing regional peace.

The Spokesperson once again rejected any attempt to link the Pahalgam Attack with Pakistan.

 He said a number of countries had called for exercise of restraint during the last two weeks. The international organizations like the United Nations and Organization of Islamic Cooperation had also counseled the same.

He said it is highly deplorable that India did not pay heed to these calls.

The Spokesperson urged the international community to hold India accountable for its irresponsible, unlawful and belligerent conduct.

Regarding the accusations leveled by Indian Foreign Secretary against Pakistan, Shafqat Ali Khan said India should set the record straight with regard to the points raised by him.

He regretted the Indian Foreign Secretary's indecent and undiplomatic remarks that Pakistan has been in the habit of lying since its creation in 1947.

The Foreign Office Spokesperson said Pakistan expected better from a diplomat of his status. It is most unfortunate that, nowadays, India's ruling dispensation is trying to re-write history, making a number of absurd claims. India's founding fathers must be turning in their graves.

Shafqat Ali Khan said Pakistan wishes to remind them that it was India that took the Jammu and Kashmir dispute to the United Nations. Today, how can it renege from its own commitments made to the United Nations, to Pakistan and above all, to the Kashmiri people.

He said, in fact, India remains a permanent factor of instability in the region owing to its hegemonic ambitions. 

The spokesperson said India has constantly been working to destabilize its smaller neighbours and has stonewalled all efforts to promote regional cooperation.