Pakistan has welcomed recent OIC statements demanding an accountability for increasing Islamophobia and systematic and targeted violence against Muslims in India.
At the weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Friday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar urged India to stop peddling falsehood and smear campaigns against Pakistan.
He condemned the recent irresponsible and provocative statement of the Indian Home Minister. He said Pakistan has repeatedly drawn the attention of the international community to India’s sinister designs of staging false flag operations to implicate Pakistan and Kashmiris.
“Pakistan is a peace-loving country, however, it will spare no effort in resolutely thwarting any aggressive Indian designs” he asserted.
He also said that it was encouraging to note that the human rights situation in India and illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has gained increasing attention from the international community.
Alluding to Gujarat massacre and Delhi riots as well as recent attacks on Muslims in Assam, the spokesperson stressed that this international scrutiny of India must continue.
When asked about the relationship with the United States, the spokesperson said Pakistan is looking forward to a balanced and broad-based relationship with Washington. He said that Pakistan is focusing on building a stand-alone and comprehensive partnership.