When the US and the UK asked Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to condemn the attack on the Indian army camp at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir, he flatly refused to denounce the assault, reports said on Sunday.
According to the News International, US and UK asked Pak PM Nawaz Sharif Sharif to condemn the Uri attack, which left 19 Indian soldiers dead, during the premier’s meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry and British Prime Minister Theresa May at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Sharif instead countered the two leaders over their silence regarding the unrest in the Kashmir Valley since July 9, which has claimed the lives of nearly 90 persons.
Reports quoting she sources said Sharif maintained that Islamabad could not condemn the attack, which India has blamed on Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group, and the death of the security personnel when “India had no regret over its atrocities and brutalities” in the Kashmir valley.
Sharif said that the world, including London and Washington, had turned a blind eye to the killing of Kashmiris in clashes with the security forces after the killing of Hizbul militant Burhan Wani in July.
Pakistan categorically rejected the Indian allegations of Islamabad’s involvement in the Uri attack.
(Agencies)