New Delhi wants to divert attention from Kashmir: FM.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan yesterday said India was in despair and trying to divert world attention from the Kashmir issue.

Chairing at a high-level meeting here, the FM said Pakistan desired peace but was always ready to defend the motherland.

Qureshi regretted that India's Hindutva policies were threatening regional peace and stability.

'The international community should take notice of this tendency. This attitude (of India) is dangerous,' he warned. The FM said the irresponsible statements from the Indian officials showed New Delhi's bewilderment. 'The Indian government is using negative tactics to divert world attention from its internal situation,' he maintained.

Qureshi said Pakistan wanted peace and stability in the region but 'India is continuously committing ceasefire violations on the Line of Control and targeting civilian population in sheer violation of international laws and fundamental human rights.'

He said Pakistan had already conveyed its concerns to the UN Secretary General, President of UN Security Council and Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation about Indian designs. Already heightened tensions between the two nations plummeted to a new low after New Delhi scrapped the longstanding special status of...

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