Pakistan bashing has become fashion in India: Salman Bashir

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Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir on Thursday called for toning down “Pakistan bashing” in India following clashes along the Line of Control (LoC) between the two armies.
In an interview to an international news agency, Bashir also reiterated Pakistan’s offer for foreign minister-level talks to try to cool tensions.
“I think it is important not to let this cycle escalate into something which becomes even more ugly than it is today,” Bashir said. “Let’s try to see if we can cool down and resume normal business.”
The envoy said instead of indulging in “Pakistan bashing”, New Delhi could have approached Islamabad to get to the bottom of what happened instead of “stirring raw emotions and upping the rhetoric”. Bashir was referring to the January 8 gruesome killing of two Indian troops on the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch District.
He said that “Pakistan bashing has become fashionable” in India.
Bashir denied that Pakistani troops were behind the killing of the soldiers on the Indian side of the LoC.
“Such heinous acts … are of course condemnable irrespective of where they happen and when they happen. But to say that these were done by Pakistan, that the Pakistan Army was responsible, is something that we cannot agree to,” he said.
Bashir said the Pakistani Army and government could not speculate on who might have been behind the attack.
He pointed to an offer made on Wednesday by Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to her Indian counterpart for talks to ratchet down the tension.
“Pakistan definitely desires de-escalation and definitely feels that the only way forward is through dialogue,” he said.

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  3. If that makes Indian happy, please let them do it. Life is too short. And their are already so many restrictions.

  4. As a Pakistani I wonder what will it take for us as a nation to focus more on what we can do to change the image of our country rather then worry more about what Indians think or what the world thinks of us.Before democracy,we need moderation in everything starting with religion.Our faith is between us and the ALL MIGHTY,growing the longest beards,adding Haji to our name,praying 5 times a day does not make us a muslim,our NEE UT must be clean.We as a nation use the excuse of being a muslim and expect everything to be OK while hiding behind our good faith while doing all the wrong things,being judgemental is who we are, like it or not.

  5. …………..and they are getting more and more interesting everyday, now with Bollywood pitching in with heightened dramatics. It has the US nod, there is no question; as on the other hand they find themselves more and more irrelevant in the afghanistan settlement equation. Typical US dual policy.

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