Pak. still in denial on India’s LoC action
SUHASINI HAIDAR
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/pak-still-in-denial-on-indias-loc-action/article9170340.ece
Meetings indicate jitters after ‘surgical attacks’
A day after Indian special forces struck terror launch pads across the Line of Control, Pakistan continued to be in denial on Friday, maintaining that there had only been an escalation of firing at the LoC.
However, a series of official meetings indicated that the LoC mission by the Indian Army was being taken far more seriously than the government and military would admit. “No one will be allowed to cast an evil eye on Pakistan,” Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said, in an obvious reference to India during a Cabinet meeting convened hurriedly to review the LoC violence.
Next Wednesday, the government has convened a special joint session of the Pakistani Parliament, which will follow the National Security Committee meeting on Tuesday, where Mr. Sharif extended a special invitation to all the chief ministers to speak about the LoC situation. In New York, the Pakistani envoy met U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council president in an effort to have the LoC tensions taken up at the world body.
On Friday, Pakistan’s Army Chief Raheel Sharif also issued a statement, referring to the commando mission in which the Indian Army said at least eight terror launch pads had been attacked, killing many terrorists on the Pakistani side of the Line of Control, as “malicious propaganda.”
The statement warned India against any misadventure. A release said: “The highest state of vigil is being maintained along LoC/WB and all along the international border.
SUHASINI HAIDAR
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/pak-still-in-denial-on-indias-loc-action/article9170340.ece
Meetings indicate jitters after ‘surgical attacks’
A day after Indian special forces struck terror launch pads across the Line of Control, Pakistan continued to be in denial on Friday, maintaining that there had only been an escalation of firing at the LoC.
However, a series of official meetings indicated that the LoC mission by the Indian Army was being taken far more seriously than the government and military would admit. “No one will be allowed to cast an evil eye on Pakistan,” Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said, in an obvious reference to India during a Cabinet meeting convened hurriedly to review the LoC violence.
Next Wednesday, the government has convened a special joint session of the Pakistani Parliament, which will follow the National Security Committee meeting on Tuesday, where Mr. Sharif extended a special invitation to all the chief ministers to speak about the LoC situation. In New York, the Pakistani envoy met U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council president in an effort to have the LoC tensions taken up at the world body.
On Friday, Pakistan’s Army Chief Raheel Sharif also issued a statement, referring to the commando mission in which the Indian Army said at least eight terror launch pads had been attacked, killing many terrorists on the Pakistani side of the Line of Control, as “malicious propaganda.”
The statement warned India against any misadventure. A release said: “The highest state of vigil is being maintained along LoC/WB and all along the international border.
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