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Pakistani
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bharatipura, shinagar, jammu, patan
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court, Amritsar, Kapoor talana,
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Jalandanda, Ludjana, Adam, Bhinda,
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Chandigar,
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Naladi or drone or
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missile
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integrated counter UAS
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grid on the of 7 May
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65, Pakistan attempted to engage a
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number of military targets in northern
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and western India using drones and
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missiles. These places included
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Avantipura, Shinagar, Jammu, Patanot,
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Amritsur, Kapoor, Tala, Nal, Jalandar,
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Ludana, Adam, Bhinda, Chandigar, Faladi,
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Uttari and Bhj. These were neutralized
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by the integrated counter unmanned
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aerial system and other air defense
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systems. The debris of these attacks is
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now being recovered from a number of
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locations that proves the Pakistani
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attacks.
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Today morning, Indian armed forces
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targeted air defense radars and systems
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at a number of locations in Pakistan.
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Indian response has been in the same
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domain with the same intensity as
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Pakistan. It has been reliably learned
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that an air defense system at Lahor has
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been neutralized.
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Pakistani punch
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mandari motor.
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Pakistan has increased the intensity of
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its unprovoked firing across the line of
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control using mortar and heavy caliber
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artilleries in areas in Kupara,
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Baramula, Puri, Punch, Mandhar and
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Rajari sectors in Jammu and
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Kashmir. 16 innocent lives have been
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lost including three women and five
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children due to the Pakistani firing.
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Here too, India was compelled to respond
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to bring martar and artillery fire from
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Pakistan to a halt. Indian armed forces
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reiterate their commitment to
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non-escalation provided it is respected
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by the Pakistan military.
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Ch. Uh thank
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you. Um our friends uh this is uh as I
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said further to uh the briefing that was
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provided yesterday and some of the
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updates uh that have been just provided
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by Kon Kureshi and Wing Commander Singh.
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Uh I thought that uh we would uh just uh
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put some of the uh aspects related to uh
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the events that started on 22nd April
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with the barbaric terror attack uh in
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Pahdam uh into further uh context
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because there is a certain amount of
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commentary that has happened with regard
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to the events since then and uh more
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than the commentary there has been a lot
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of disinformation that has been directed
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uh at us from uh across uh the border.
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Uh so uh a few things uh that uh I would
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like you uh to keep in uh mind. Uh first
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of all uh there are there is mention uh
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on all sides uh of uh escalation. Uh I
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think uh the first point that you have
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to keep in mind is the attack of 22nd
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April in Pahelgam is the original
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escalation.
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escalation
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action. Uh secondly,
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uh I want to invite your attention uh to
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the involvement of uh the group calling
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itself the resistance front uh in these
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uh attacks. Uh I pointed this out
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yesterday that uh this is a group that
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is a known front for the well-known
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Pakistan-based terrorist organization
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Lashkar.
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the uh group uh has been reported
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earlier. I mentioned to you about uh the
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Indian authorities providing information
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to the uh UN 1267 uh sanctions
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monitoring committee. Uh and uh in fact
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we are going to be meeting with the team
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uh again very soon and we will be
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providing an update to the information
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that we have uh provided earlier. But
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what is interesting
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the
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resistance
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oppos. This was after the fact that the
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TRS claimed responsibility for this
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attack not once but twice within a few
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hours after the incident on the 22nd of
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April and then again on the morning of
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23rd April. And it is perhaps only after
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the full gravity of the incident was
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realized by its masters and handlers
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across the border that it was managed to
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back off from uh this claim. Obviously
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that retraction doesn't convince
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anybody.
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response
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non-escalator
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precise measured or considered. Uh our
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intention has not been to escalate
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matters. We are only responding to the
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original escalation as I said and our
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response has been targeted, precise,
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controlled and measured. Only military
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uh no military targets uh have been uh
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selected. Only terrorist infrastructure
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in Pakistan has been uh
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hit. Now there are uh as I said a uh
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number of uh uh issues that have been
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raised uh in uh commentaries and uh
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there's a lot of said unfounded uh
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disinformation and fabrication that has
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come from across uh the border and I
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would just like to use this opportunity
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to set the record straight on uh some of
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these uh
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issues. U the first of these uh is
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Pakistan trying to wash its hands off uh
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any and all involvement with terrorism.
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I think the Pakistani information
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minister said there are no terrorists in
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Pakistan and I think he was challenged
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on that in the uh television program
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that he was appearing
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on. But uh even if I uh partially
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partially repeat myself uh from uh
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yesterday uh I think Pakistan's
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reputation as the epicenter of global
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terrorism uh is rooted in a number of uh
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instances where concrete evidence is
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available not just to India but to
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governments and authorities and agencies
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around uh the world. Uh there are
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several terrorist attacks around the
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world where Pakistani fingerprints have
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been uh found. Uh I don't need to uh
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belabor the point uh with regard to this
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audience uh about uh where Osama bin
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Laden uh was uh found and who called him
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a martyr.
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uh Pakistan has also for decades pursued
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crossber terrorism into India with
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impunity and uh in as I said yesterday
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also uh in order to uh deliberately
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mislead the international community uh
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they claimed that the terrorist Sajidm
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was dead. They came under pressure and
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Sajjit was then brought back to life,
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arrested and is now apparently in
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Pakistani custody. Uh Pakistan is also
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home to a very large number of UN
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proscribed as well as uh UN prescribed
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terrorists as well as terrorists
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prescribed by a number of other
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governments uh in the world uh including
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of course the Lashkaraya and the Jashi
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Muhammad as well as their leaders Masoud
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Azar and Haf Muhammad Z.
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Pakistan
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groups both the defense minister and the
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former foreign minister of Pakistan I
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think have uh I think they've done a
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more eloquent job of this than I could
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ever do in terms of uh describing
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uh their country's implication in
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international terrorism and their
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involvement in housing these kinds of
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groups.
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impartial
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investigation, joint investigative
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committee, these calls for jointly
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investigating this heinous and barbaric
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attack in
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uh again I think you know the history
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well on this. You know the track record
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well and it is not a bright track record
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in so far as Pakistan is uh concerned.
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uh in fact in the pursuit of justice for
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the victims of multiple terrorist
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attacks uh whether it be uh Mumbai in
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2008
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uh in Patan court in 2016
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uh or many others uh but in particular
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for these two uh attacks uh India had uh
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offered to cooperate uh India provided
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forensic evidence uh and urged Pakist
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Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of
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these attacks to uh justice. Uh we in
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particular with regard to the Mumbai
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attacks of 2008 where a Pakistani
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lashkar terrorist was captured alive uh
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India provided extensive information and
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evidence uh related to the involvement
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of Pakistani terrorists uh in this
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attack. cases were registered but you
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are all aware that these cases have not
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progressed uh despite the formation of
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judicial teams etc and Pakistan has
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consistently stonewalled all efforts to
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move the investigation uh along uh in
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fact with regard to the Batanot uh
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attack as well a joint investigative
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team was uh formed we gave access
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unprecedented access I should say uh to
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Pakistani team to the site of the
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attack. Details of call records uh data
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uh and DNA etc were shared uh with uh
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Pakistan. Uh we had shared with them uh
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details related that we had been able to
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access uh to the addresses of
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terrorists. uh we presented evidence uh
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against the office bearsers of Jasher
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Muhammad who had conspired uh in the
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attack and the handlers of the
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terrorists who facilitated them and
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guided them in. Uh but there has been no
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movement uh on uh this. So uh in all of
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this I think the experience uh has not
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been uh positive and it certainly
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doesn't give us the confidence now to
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take at face value Pakistani assertions
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of wishing to participate in a joint uh
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investigation. These are just delaying
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tactics. These are just stonewalling uh
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tactics and in fact there is reason to
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believe that Pakistan uses the evidence
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that we provide only to cover its tracks
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and uh in fact defend the uh terrorists
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uh who we are looking for uh and uh uh
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uh uh obstruct the path of
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investigation. Uh a third point uh that
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I wanted to uh address was the claim
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that uh only uh civilians uh were killed
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uh in uh the uh strikes on uh the 7th uh
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of May. uh we have uh made the point uh
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very clearly that uh all attacks on the
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morning of 7th May were against
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carefully selected uh terrorist
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infrastructure, terrorist uh targets
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uh it is uh not clear to us uh in fact
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seeing some of the coverage of uh the
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after effects of these strikes including
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the funerals for the terrorist s that
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are held uh yesterday. I think a lot of
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you have seen uh the uh the uh reports
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and the coverage uh on uh media. Uh if
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only civilians uh if any civilians were
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killed in these attacks. Uh I wonder
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what message this picture actually sends
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uh to all of you. Uh this is a question
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that is worth uh
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asking.
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Uh it's also uh odd that uh the uh
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funerals of civilians uh are carried out
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with the coffins uh being draped in
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Pakistani flags and state honors being
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uh accorded. Uh as far as we are
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concerned, the individuals eliminated at
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these facilities were terrorists. uh
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giving terrorist state funerals may be a
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practice in Pakistan doesn't seem to
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make much sense to
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us.
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U Pakistan has also claimed that uh
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India deliberately attacked uh religious
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sites. Uh this is uh completely false.
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Uh again uh I have made it clear that
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the targets were uh terrorist
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infrastructure, terrorist uh facilities
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and locations connected clearly with
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incidents of crossber terrorism uh into
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India and uh it is in fact Pakistan that
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is misusing uh religious sites as a
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cover to in fact radicalize, direct and
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indoctrinate and train uh terrorists. Uh
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in fact, contrary to what Pakistan is uh
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claiming uh yesterday, Pakistan launched
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a targeted attack on uh on the sik
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community in the state of Jammu and
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Kashmir uh hitting Guroara in Punch and
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the homes of sik community members which
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came under uh attack. uh and we know
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that uh at least three individuals were
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killed uh in that particular uh attack.
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uh Pakistan is also uh making uh
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attempts to uh in fact just to add uh to
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this point uh the the retaliatory uh
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action that Pakistan has taken uh in
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fact is uh impacting uh civilians. I
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showed you uh the uh uh picture of the
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uh gudoara and the uh sik community
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members who were killed in this. Uh
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there are other civilians also who've
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been killed and injured in these uh
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attacks. In fact, since yesterday
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morning total of 16 civilians have been
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killed and 59 others have been injured
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in the attacks by uh Pakistan.
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Um not only this, Pakistan is also
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making attempts in as part of its
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disinformation campaign to uh paint uh
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our action with regard to crossber
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terrorism uh through the communal uh
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angle. uh the uh if if that is uh the
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issue uh then I think I can do uh no
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better than to site or point you in the
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direction of the Pakistan army chief's
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speech of 16th April 2025. Uh I think
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that is the last word uh in uh communal
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uh
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rhetoric and uh in the pahelam attack
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itself uh you are aware of the kind of
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religious profiling uh that was done
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there and uh perhaps there is a linkage
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between these two uh events. uh I can uh
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only say that uh these uh nefarious
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designs will not be allowed to succeed
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uh in India. Uh and it is uh to be noted
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that people from all faiths, all
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religions, all regions in India have
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unequivocally not just in India but
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around the world uh have condemned uh
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these uh attacks.
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um the
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uh Pakistani claims of now responding uh
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to uh India's strikes of uh the 7th of
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uh May. As I said right at the outset,
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it is India which is responding. The
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original escalation was by Pakistan on
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the 22nd of April. We are the ones who
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are responding to that escalation with
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the action that was taken uh yesterday
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morning. And again I would like to
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emphasize that uh the action was
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restrained uh it was directed towards
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non-ivilian non-military targets and
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confined to terrorist camps. And again
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as we have been saying since yesterday
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any further uh action by Pakistan some
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of which we are seeing uh today uh is uh
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nothing but escalation by Pakistan now
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once again and will be responded to and
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is being responded to
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appropriately. Uh one point that I
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wanted to uh also uh address uh was the
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allegations to the uh targeting of a dam
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uh the Nam Jalam project in Pakistan
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occupied Kashmir. Uh I want to say uh
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that this is an absolute and complete
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fabrication and a blatant lie. uh India
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has uh targeted only and only uh
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terrorist infrastructure and the details
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of that infra uh that terrorist
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infrastructure together with the
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locations was shared with you uh
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yesterday uh
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by Colonel Kureshi and Ping Commander
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Singh. Uh I should note that if this
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kind of a claim is a uh pretext for
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targeting uh Indian uh infrastructure of
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a similar nature uh Pakistan will be
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entirely responsible for the
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consequences uh that will undoubtedly
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follow.
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Uh finally I uh want
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to uh address the uh some issues that
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have been relate uh raised uh related to
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uh the uh uh Indwaters uh treaty uh and
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the uh the disinformation that is uh
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that has been raised in regard to that
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as well. Uh the fact is that
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u there have been fundamental changes in
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the circumstances uh in which the Indis
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waters treaty was uh concluded uh and
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they required they called for a
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reassessment of the obligations uh under
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uh the treaty. uh over the last year and
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a half uh to two years uh India has been
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in communication with the government of
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Pakistan. We've been we've sent several
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notices to them uh requesting for uh
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negotiations uh to uh discuss
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modification of uh the uh treaty. Uh
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India has for uh six plus decades now uh
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honored the treaty uh even uh during
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periods when Pakistan imposed multiple
00:24:06
wars on uh us and even when relations
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were uh adversarial.
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uh Pakistan is the one that has been
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acting in violation of uh the treaty
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deliberately creating legal roadblocks
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in India exercising its legitimate
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rights uh on the western rivers. uh any
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projects that India sought to build on
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the western on the eastern rivers and
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even on the western rivers uh which we
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are allowed to uh by the treaty uh were
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always uh challenged by Pakistan thereby
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hampering our rights to utilize uh our
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legitimate uh waters under uh the uh
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treaty. In fact, if you see the preamble
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of the treaty itself states that the
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treaty was concluded in a spirit of
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goodwill and friendship. Mark those
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words. Concluded in a spirit of goodwill
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and friendship.
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provocation. However, as has been made
00:25:20
clear earlier as well, uh Pakistan has
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not responded to our uh requests to
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enter into negotiations for uh a
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reassessment of the obligations under
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the treaty. A number of conditions have
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changed. Uh this is a treaty that was
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based on the engineering techniques of
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the 50s and the 60s. We are living
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through the first quarter of the 21st
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century. Uh technological changes and
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technological advancements have to be
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taken into account. Uh there are
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demographic changes. Uh there are uh
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climate changes that have taken place.
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Uh there is the imperative of clean
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energy. uh and uh of course the uh
00:26:04
terrorism that Pakistan has wreaked uh
00:26:07
in the state of Jammu and Kashmir itself
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has hampered India's ability to uh
00:26:13
exercise its rights uh under the treaty.
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uh Pakistan's persistent refusal to uh
00:26:20
respond to our requests to enter into
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government-to-government negotiations on
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the modification uh of the treaty is in
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a sense itself a violation uh of the
00:26:32
treaty and uh therefore India has taken
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the step of putting the treaty uh in
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obeyance uh until Pakistan abjures uh
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irrevocably its support for uh crossber
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uh
00:26:50
terrorism. Uh maybe I'll stop there. Uh
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I uh mentioned uh earlier uh yesterday
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as well that uh this is an evolving
00:27:01
situation. Uh I would therefore ask all
00:27:04
of you uh to be considerate and
00:27:07
restrained. it will not be possible for
00:27:09
us or my colleagues from the armed
00:27:12
forces to share operational details uh
00:27:15
at this point in time. Uh beyond that if
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uh you have any questions uh may I have
00:27:22
time for only a few and I'll try to
00:27:25
answer those uh questions.
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Okay, I give the floor to
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Rishab one secondary. Good evening. This
00:27:34
is Risha from Times Now. Uh I just
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wanted to understand as per the press
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release that has been uh released
00:27:40
earlier today it says that we have
00:27:42
successfully uh hit at the air defense
00:27:45
of Lahore. Does it give our forces a
00:27:48
better uh chances if in case of further
00:27:51
escalation and are there other air
00:27:53
defense places as well at strategic
00:27:56
location that were targeted?
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Um, Bishop, uh, you are violating the
00:28:02
first rule that I, uh, set out, uh, at
00:28:05
the end of my remarks. The press release
00:28:07
that has been issued by the Ministry of
00:28:09
Defense today, speaks for itself. Uh, it
00:28:13
is related to operational matters, it's
00:28:15
been released by the Ministry of
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Defense. Uh, as more information becomes
00:28:20
available, uh, it will be released at
00:28:22
the appropriate time. Once again, please
00:28:25
uh don't go into operational details at
00:28:27
this point in time because this is a
00:28:28
constantly evolving situation.
00:28:32
Yeah, go ahead.
00:28:35
Secretary Smith Sharma just wanted to
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ask the Pakistani minister Ishach Dar in
00:28:40
an interview has claimed that the
00:28:41
national security advisers of India and
00:28:43
Pakistan have spoken to each other. If
00:28:45
you could confirm or deny and is
00:28:47
complete severance of diplomatic ties
00:28:49
with Pakistan also on the table. I have
00:28:52
no information with regard to contacts
00:28:54
between the two uh national security uh
00:28:57
advisers in so far as diplomatic
00:28:59
relations are concerned. You've seen the
00:29:01
steps that were announced in response to
00:29:04
the uh following the uh meeting of the
00:29:06
cabinet committee on security on the uh
00:29:10
23rd of uh April. Uh there are no
00:29:13
further steps that are under
00:29:15
consideration at this uh moment in
00:29:17
time. Sure. Go ahead.
00:29:21
Foreign
00:29:31
Secretary Minister Defense
00:29:47
Minister
00:30:03
Pradhan
00:30:04
or Pradhan Mantri or Vesh Mantri.
00:30:24
Pakistani forgemir.
00:31:04
I'm not surprised that this kind of
00:31:06
disinformation is being industed.
00:31:09
Yeah. Sidhan. Sir Sidhan from Vion. Sir,
00:31:13
we have seen lot of negative comments
00:31:15
coming from the Pakistani military of
00:31:18
escalation. If tomorrow there is an
00:31:21
escalation, there are strikes. We know
00:31:23
one attempt has been plotted. What will
00:31:25
be the Indian response to those attempts
00:31:28
of creating more escalation because it
00:31:30
is looking like it's going towards more
00:31:34
escalation? And my second question is
00:31:35
are any other world powers essentially
00:31:38
the P5 countries the West Asian
00:31:40
countries reaching out to deescalate the
00:31:42
current
00:31:44
situation? Look on escalation we've
00:31:46
already made uh our stance clear. I mean
00:31:49
there are two basic points. First of all
00:31:51
it is Pakistan that escalated uh on the
00:31:54
22nd of April. Uh we are only responding
00:31:57
to that escalation. And then what we
00:32:00
have said yesterday and what my
00:32:01
colleagues have said today uh that uh
00:32:04
now if there is an attempt at further
00:32:07
escalation by Pakistan it will be
00:32:09
responded to in uh an appropriate uh
00:32:12
domain uh and uh therefore the choice is
00:32:16
uh entirely that of Pakistan to make as
00:32:20
to your second question I don't think I
00:32:22
can do better than to uh point you in
00:32:25
the direction of the statements that are
00:32:27
being made from practically every
00:32:29
chancellory in the world and the
00:32:31
sentiment that they are carrying that
00:32:33
sentiment essentially and for the major
00:32:36
portion is support for the government of
00:32:39
India in the context of the condemnation
00:32:42
of the terrorist attack in Pahelgama on
00:32:46
the 22nd of April. There is wide
00:32:48
recognition of the government of India's
00:32:50
right to respond to these uh attacks in
00:32:53
self-defense and of course a desire to
00:32:57
ensure that there is not further
00:33:00
escalation. I think these statements
00:33:01
speak for themselves.
00:33:04
Yeah.
00:33:07
So this is Mossami from India today. Uh
00:33:09
now in the uh all party meeting we do we
00:33:12
have learned that the defense minister
00:33:14
has said that you know in the operation
00:33:16
sindur almost 100 terrorists were
00:33:19
killed. Would we have any details about
00:33:22
what is the number like and also about
00:33:24
if there were any big faces uh
00:33:27
masterminds terrorist masterminds who
00:33:29
were in fact killed there there is also
00:33:31
a report that Masud Hazar's family's 10
00:33:34
members have been killed and raw fuzgar
00:33:36
who was actually the mastermind of
00:33:39
uh Pulwama he's also been badly severely
00:33:43
injured I don't have information at this
00:33:46
point in time to uh share with you on
00:33:48
these issues
00:33:50
But as I said, I think uh you know there
00:33:53
is so much information out there on
00:33:55
television, in the news media, in social
00:33:57
media that it sometimes looks like a
00:34:00
long time has passed since this. Please
00:34:02
understand that slightly over 36 hours
00:34:05
only have passed since this uh uh
00:34:08
operation was undertaken. Uh let us have
00:34:10
some patience. Information will come out
00:34:12
and will be shared in due time. Uh Shi,
00:34:16
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00:34:19
thank you foreign secretary uh Shi
00:34:20
Ranjin from Bloomberg. Sir, could you
00:34:22
give us any understanding whether India
00:34:24
has moved the IMF or the World Bank to
00:34:27
kind of you know sensitize them about
00:34:30
the talk the bailout that Pakistan has
00:34:33
and you know the kind of stuff that the
00:34:35
government Pakistan government is doing.
00:34:38
took uh we have uh an executive director
00:34:42
uh at the IMF. Uh tomorrow there is a
00:34:45
meeting of the board of the IMF. Uh and
00:34:48
I'm sure that our uh executive director
00:34:50
will put forward uh India's uh position.
00:34:54
Uh the decisions of the board are are uh
00:34:58
a different matter. Uh you know the
00:35:00
process through which they are made. uh
00:35:03
but I think uh the the uh case with
00:35:07
regard to Pakistan should be
00:35:08
self-evident to those people who uh
00:35:11
generously open their pockets uh to uh
00:35:14
bail out uh this country and uh since
00:35:16
you are from Bloomberg I think you would
00:35:18
have the data on how many IMF bailout
00:35:21
programs have been very good thank you
00:35:24
uh have been uh sanctioned uh in the
00:35:28
space of the last uh three decades and I
00:35:31
think you would also have an idea of how
00:35:32
many of those programs have actually
00:35:34
reached successful conclusion probably
00:35:36
not many. So I think this is a decision
00:35:38
that uh board members have to take uh by
00:35:41
uh looking deep within themselves and
00:35:43
looking at the facts. So we can we can
00:35:46
one last question sir.
00:35:48
Sure. One last question.
00:35:51
Foreign secretary. I'm Saddam from CNN
00:35:52
News8. Uh I would like to know since
00:35:55
it's an opportunity to speak to you. I I
00:35:57
would like to know the response coming
00:35:58
from United States since last 3 weeks.
00:36:01
Uh Saudi Arabia, Qatar. In fact, Prime
00:36:03
Minister Modi spoke to Qatar before the
00:36:06
strikes that evening. Perhaps how do you
00:36:08
read uh the support coming from these
00:36:10
countries? Perhaps traditionally they
00:36:12
were seen on the other side. This time
00:36:14
around their statements have are strong
00:36:16
worded. In fact India Saudi joint
00:36:19
statement also had a very strong
00:36:20
condemnation strong worded condemnation.
00:36:23
United States at all level have
00:36:24
condemned the attack and have extended
00:36:26
support. In fact Saudi foreign deputy
00:36:28
foreign minister is in India. He just
00:36:30
met EMS Jang. Also if you could shed
00:36:32
some light about on on his visit his
00:36:34
meeting with EMS Jang. In fact we have
00:36:36
also been told that he met Prime
00:36:37
Minister Modi. Thank you. Look all the
00:36:39
countries that you named and many others
00:36:42
uh we have been in touch with them. The
00:36:44
prime minister has spoken to uh large
00:36:47
number of world leaders. A large number
00:36:48
of world leaders have called him uh as
00:36:51
have called uh the external affairs
00:36:54
minister. As we speak, there are
00:36:56
conversations uh going on uh today as
00:36:59
well with world leaders and your
00:37:02
assessment or conclusion of the general
00:37:04
tenor of these messages uh is uh is very
00:37:08
much uh on point. uh and I think this is
00:37:11
a recognition of uh the fact uh firstly
00:37:16
of the the barbaric nature the
00:37:19
unprecedented nature and character and
00:37:21
features of the attack in Pahgam and a
00:37:25
recognition of India's right to respond
00:37:27
to this and also a recognition of the
00:37:29
fact that in responding we have been
00:37:32
nothing but responsible and have uh done
00:37:36
so in a restraint in a measured and in a
00:37:39
non-escal manner. I think that counts
00:37:42
for something. People have taken that
00:37:44
into account and that is what is
00:37:45
explaining the kinds of reactions that
00:37:47
we are seeing and we appreciate uh the
00:37:50
sentiments and the statements that have
00:37:52
been uh made by the vast majority of of
00:37:55
world leaders. Uh yes, the Saudi
00:37:58
minister of state uh for foreign affairs
00:38:01
uh is in uh Delhi. He had a meeting with
00:38:03
the external affairs minister uh earlier
00:38:05
today. I don't have further details at
00:38:07
this moment but if there are details the
00:38:09
ministry will share them at some point
00:38:10
with you. Thank you. I think that's all
00:38:12
we have time for today. We'll join you
00:38:13
again soon. Thank you all. Thank
00:38:18
you for this briefing by foreign
00:38:21
secretary Shri Vikrram Mishri on the
00:38:24
ongoing developments regarding operation
00:38:26
Zindur. We also have with us Colonel
00:38:29
Sophia Kureshi and Bing Commander Vomika
00:38:33
Singh for this briefing.
