Pathankot attack: Pakistan dismisses Indian allegations as unhelpful
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan termed on Thursday India’s latest allegations against Pakistan over the Pathankot airbase attack as ‘unfortunate and unhelpful’.
“Pakistan strongly condemned the Pathankot terrorist attack and Prime Minister Nawaz called and assured his Indian counterpart of all-out cooperation soon after the incident,” Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria told reporters at his weekly news briefing.
“Pakistan took all necessary measures on the basis of preliminary information provided by India regarding the attack,” he said, adding that a joint investigation team (JIT) had been formed and modalities were being worked out for its visit to India.
“Cooperation and understanding is the need of the hour. Blame games are unfortunate and unhelpful,” the spokesman stressed.
Zakaria’s reaction came in response to a statement by India’s defence minister earlier this week in which he accused Pakistan’s authorities of being complicit in the Pathankot attack.
New Delhi had previously accused Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) of masterminding the attack which left seven Indian security officials and one civilian dead and avoided pointing fingers at Pakistan or its institutions. But India’s defence minister told the country’s parliament on Tuesday that the deadly assault could not have been carried out without ‘state support’.
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