The Pakistan Army called out the Indian army chief for “extreme duplicity” after he labelled the neighbouring country an “epicentre” of terrorism, saying Islamabad takes strong exception to such baseless and unfounded statements, the military’s media wing said on Wednesday.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement, also asked the neighbouring country to refrain from “pandering to political exigencies”.
“Insinuating Pakistan as the epi-center of terrorism by the Indian army chief, is not only contrary to facts, but also an exercise in futility to beat the dead horse of India’s default position — blaming Pakistan for indigenous reaction to state-sponsored brutality. It is a classic case of extreme duplicity,” the military’s media wing said.
The statement comes after General Upendra Dwivedi claimed Pakistan to be the “epicentre” of terrorism, saying that the ongoing cycle of violence in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) is being orchestrated from within the country, Live Mint reported.
He also alleged that 60% of terrorists killed last year were of Pakistani origin.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.