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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&rsquo;s Foreign Office on Thursday strongly rejected statements by Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, calling them &ldquo;irresponsible and misleading&rdquo; and slamming India for attempting to divert attention from its own regional actions.&nbsp;Speaking at a media briefing in Islamabad, Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said India&rsquo;s recent claims about Pakistan&rsquo;s &ldquo;role in terrorism&rdquo; were part of a &ldquo;blatant attempt to deflect attention from its own deeply troubling record as a neighbour, marked by the promotion of terrorism and contributions to regional instability.&rdquo;&nbsp;Earlier this week in Luxembourg, Jaishankar described Pakistan as a state that has &ldquo;openly supported terrorism for decades&rdquo; and accused it of operating &ldquo;training camps in big cities&hellip;where the state and the military support terrorism.&rdquo;&nbsp;Responding to these assertions, Andrabi highlighted recently surfaced documentary evidence indicating that &ldquo;New Delhi sought a third country&rsquo;s intervention&rdquo; to secure a ceasefire with Pakistan following the May 2025 Pahalgam incident.&nbsp;&ldquo;No amount of bluster can obscure India&rsquo;s fabricated narrative surrounding counterterrorism, particularly regarding the Pahalgam incident, or its reckless misadventure against Pakistan in the aftermath,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;The spokesperson said India has consistently engaged in disruptive actions in the region, including extrajudicial killings abroad, interference in neighboring countries&rsquo; internal affairs, the export of terrorism into Pakistan, including through operatives such as Kulbhushan Jadhav, and providing safe havens to wanted criminals.&nbsp;He further criticized India&rsquo;s domestic record, saying minorities face escalating intimidation and repression, adding: &ldquo;Before presuming to lecture others, India would do well to confront its own conduct and the growing gap between its rhetoric and reality.&rdquo;&nbsp;Andrabi concluded that India&rsquo;s &ldquo;fixation on Pakistan&rdquo; cannot conceal its own role as a &ldquo;serial disrupter of peace&rdquo; in South Asia.

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Pakistan rejected Indian FM Jaishankar’s remarks as irresponsible and misleading, accusing New Delhi of deflecting blame, promoting instability, seeking third-party mediation after Pahalgam, and acting as a disrupter of peace

Pakistan rejects Indian foreign minister’s remarks as ‘irresponsible and misleading’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday rejected the &ldquo;irresponsible assertions&rdquo; made by Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, saying that New Delhi was again seeking to &ldquo;deflect attention from its own troubling record as a neighbor that promotes terrorism and contributes to regional instability.&rdquo; Although Pakistan&rsquo;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs&rsquo; press release did not make a specific mention of the remarks by the Indian minister, its censure came after Indian media reported Jaishankar as saying on Friday that New Delhi had a right to defend itself against terrorism while talking about &ldquo;bad neighbors.&rdquo; &ldquo;You can also have bad neighbors &hellip; unfortunately, we do. When you have bad neighbors &hellip; if you look to the one to the West &mdash; if a country decides that they will deliberately, persistently, unrepentantly continue with terrorism, we have a right to defend our people against terrorism,&rdquo; Jaishankar was quoted as saying by Indian media. Speaking in reference to the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), the Indian external affairs minister said: &ldquo;Many years ago we agreed to a water-sharing arrangement &mdash; the belief was it was gesture of goodwill &mdash; because of good neighborliness we were doing it &hellip; but if you have decades of terrorism there is no good neighborliness and you don&rsquo;t get the benefit of good neighborliness.&rdquo; In response to media queries regarding remarks made by the Indian Minister of External Affairs about Pakistan, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tahir Andrabi, stated: &ldquo;Pakistan firmly rejects the irresponsible assertions made by the Indian External Affairs Minister. Once again, India seeks to deflect attention from its own troubling record as a neighbor that promotes terrorism and contributes to regional instability.&rdquo;<div class="fr-embed"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-4" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 875px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-4&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=2007347186431078670&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmain.d1wrm1qseko1cp.amplifyapp.com%2Farticles%2F&sessionId=b7c3715df63b46b2e18cb457e1c44c887d4d1889&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px"></iframe></div></div>Andrabi said, &ldquo;India&rsquo;s documented involvement in promoting terrorist activities in the region, particularly in Pakistan, is well known.&rdquo; &ldquo;The case of Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav remains a stark example of organized, state-sponsored terrorism directed against Pakistan.&rdquo; Andrabi said, &ldquo;equally concerning are recurring instances of extraterritorial killings, sabotage through proxies, and covert support to terrorist networks.&rdquo; &ldquo;This pattern is consistent with the extremist ideology of Hindutva and its violent proponents,&rdquo; the spokesperson said. Andrabi further underlined that &ldquo;India continues its illegal and violent military occupation of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan remains steadfast in its commitment to extend full political, moral, and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri people in their just struggle to realize their right to self-determination, as enshrined in relevant UN Security Council resolutions.&rdquo; The IWT is &ldquo;an international agreement concluded in good faith and at considerable cost.&rdquo; &ldquo;Any unilateral violation of the Treaty by India would undermine regional stability and call into question its credibility as a state that claims to respect international legal obligations. Pakistan will take all necessary measures to safeguard its legitimate rights under the Treaty,&rdquo; Andrabi said.

Pakistan rejects remarks by Indian External Affairs Minister, calling them ‘irresponsible’; says India seeks to deflect attention from its own troubling record as a neighbor that promotes terrorism.

Pakistan rejects Jaishankar’s ‘irresponsible assertions’, warns against Indus treaty violations

ISLAMABAD: Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem to strengthen and expand the India-Israel strategic partnership across technology, economy, security, and regional cooperation, according to the minister&rsquo;s post on X on Wednesday. The Indian minister held high-level meetings to strengthen India-Israel&#39;s strategic partnership. The two leaders discussed expanding cooperation in technology, the economy, skills and talent, connectivity, and security, with Jaishankar expressing confidence that the partnership would grow from strength to strength. <div class="fr-embed"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 2;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=2001013884191433092&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmain.d1wrm1qseko1cp.amplifyapp.com%2Farticles%2F&sessionId=741e82a8fe7a6c467c50d8877f20d6ee6f0f8d0d&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 696px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</iframe></div></div>Earlier, Jaishankar met President Isaac Herzog to convey greetings from Indian president Droupadi Murmu and prime minister Modi and to reaffirm India&rsquo;s support for enduring regional peace. He also met Israel&rsquo;s Minister of Economy and Industry, Nir Barkat, to advance investment and innovation cooperation, and expressed confidence in the early conclusion of the India-Israel Free Trade Agreement. In a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa&rsquo;ar, Jaishankar discussed terrorism, regional developments, and the Gaza Peace Plan, reiterating India&rsquo;s commitment to combating terrorism and strengthening strategic ties across multiple domains. The Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Sa&rsquo;ar, also visited India last month. According to an Indian media report, the visit comes amid preparations for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s proposed trip to India.&nbsp; Netanyahu was scheduled to travel to India earlier this month, but a phone call between him and prime minister Modi made it clear the visit would take place at a later date. Bilateral investment agreement&nbsp;Delhi and Tel Aviv signed a Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) in New Delhi on Sept. 8 during the Israeli finance minister&#39;s visit to India. According to India&rsquo;s state-run Press Information Bureau, the agreement is expected to provide greater certainty and protection for investors, facilitate the growth of trade and mutual investments by ensuring a minimum standard of treatment, and provide an independent dispute resolution mechanism through arbitration. India-Israel defense ties&nbsp;A meeting on defense cooperation, co-chaired by Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense Maj Gen (Res) Amir Baram, took place in Tel Aviv on Nov. 4, according to PIB. An MoU on defense cooperation was signed during the meeting to provide a unified vision and policy direction to deepen the already strong defense cooperation between the two countries, it said.&nbsp;&nbsp;According to a Nov. 13 report published by a Washington-based think tank, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, in a deal reported last month to be worth $3.3 billion, the Indian Army is acquiring 425,000 carbine assault rifles from a joint Israeli-Indian venture. Pakistan-India conflict&nbsp;During the conflict with India, on May 8, the Pakistani military reported shooting down 25 Israeli-made drones used by India against Islamabad. &nbsp; &ldquo;The Pakistan Army, using their soft-kill (technical) and hard-kill (weapons) skills fully, has shot down 25 Israeli-made Harop drones,&rdquo; Pakistan military&rsquo;s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in a press release issued on May 8.

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India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar has held meetings with Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Herzog, and key ministers; discussions focused on strengthening strategic, economic, technological, and security partnerships, and finalizing a free trade agreement.

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ISLAMABAD:&nbsp;Pakistan has strongly rejected the remarks made by India&rsquo;s Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, accusing the Pakistan Army of being the root cause of New Delhi&rsquo;s problems with Islamabad. In response to media queries, Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi condemned the comments as &ldquo;highly inflammatory, baseless, and irresponsible,&rdquo; and reaffirmed Pakistan&rsquo;s commitment to safeguarding its sovereignty. &ldquo;Pakistan categorically rejects and condemns the highly inflammatory, baseless, and irresponsible comments made by the Indian External Affairs Minister,&rdquo; Andrabi said in a statement. &ldquo;These remarks are a part of a larger propaganda campaign aimed at deflecting attention from India&rsquo;s own destabilizing actions in the region.&rdquo;<div class="fr-embed"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 2;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 922px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1997601917975830769&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmain.d1wrm1qseko1cp.amplifyapp.com%2Farticles%2F&sessionId=fbe7335dcffda78ca0d782b0f726242aea143f01&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</iframe></div></div>Jaishankar, speaking to NDTV CEO and Editor-In-Chief Rahul Kanwal at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, alleged that many of India&rsquo;s issues with Pakistan were the result of &ldquo;ideological hostility&rdquo; fostered by the Pakistan Army. &ldquo;The ideological hostility towards India comes from the Pakistan Army,&rdquo; Jaishankar claimed, linking the military&rsquo;s influence directly to the strained bilateral relations. This statement follows the deadly conflict between the two nations in May 2025, sparked by a militant attack on civilians in Indian-occupied Kashmir. A charge Pakistan has consistently denied and offered open investigation.&nbsp; Responding to these allegations, Andrabi highlighted Pakistan&rsquo;s professionalism and resolve in defending its national interests. He noted that the May conflict demonstrated the Pakistan Armed Forces&rsquo; capability and responsibility in confronting aggression while maintaining national security. &ldquo;The May 2025 conflict vividly demonstrated Pakistan&rsquo;s armed forces&rsquo; professionalism and resolve to defend the motherland against any Indian aggression,&rdquo; Andrabi stated. &ldquo;No amount of propaganda can distort this truth.&rdquo; The spokesperson also denounced Indian efforts to undermine Pakistan&rsquo;s state institutions, calling them part of a broader disinformation campaign. &ldquo;These attempts are designed to distract from India&rsquo;s destabilizing actions, including its ongoing state-sponsored terrorism against Pakistan,&rdquo; Andrabi said. Furthermore, the foreign office criticized the rise of Hindutva ideology in India, which has unleashed a wave of violence, discrimination, and attacks on religious minorities. &ldquo;India must investigate its own internal issues rather than making misleading accusations about Pakistan,&rdquo; Andrabi emphasized. &ldquo;The Indian state has become hostage to the terror unleashed by the Hindutva agenda, including mob justice, arbitrary detentions, and the destruction of places of worship.&rdquo; While reaffirming Pakistan&rsquo;s commitment to peace, dialogue, and diplomacy, the spokesperson underscored that Pakistan would remain resolute in defending its sovereignty and national security. &ldquo;Pakistan believes in co-existence and dialogue,&rdquo; said Andrabi. &ldquo;However, we stand united and resolute in our ability to protect our national interests.&rdquo; This sharp exchange between the two nuclear-armed neighbors underscores the enduring tensions that have plagued their relationship, particularly over the Kashmir dispute and ongoing military confrontations.

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Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi says Pakistan rejects Indian FM Jaishankar’s accusations as inflammatory propaganda, defends its military’s conduct, and urges India to address rising internal extremism.

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