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"We take exception to Mr Zardari's statement in this regard," PML-N spokesman Siddique-ul-Farooq told Dawn News channel.
He said the ‘uprising’ in Jammu and Kashmir over the past few months had proved that the movement in the Indian state is ‘indigenous’.
Farooq said that the PML-N would raise the issue in Parliament.
In an interview to Wall Street Journal, Zardari described militant Islamic groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir as ‘terrorists’ and said "India has never been a threat to Pakistan".
India has for long accused Pakistan of arming and funding the militant groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan has denied the charge.
Farooq said UN resolutions on Kashmir, the Simla Accord and the February 23, 1999 Lahore accord signed by PML-N chief and then premier Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee provided the ‘only solution’ to the dragging Kashmir dispute.
"If India or Pakistan or both want to get this issue resolved, these (accords) and resolutions suggest the exact solution of the problem," he said.
The PML-N was part of the ruling coalition led by Zardari's Pakistan People's Party till August. It pulled out of the coalition after Zardari failed to deliver on several commitments to reinstate dozens of judges sacked by former President Pervez Musharraf during last year's emergency.
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The PML -N response is unfortunate but on expected lines.The recent Survey by BBC indicated that Punjab and NWFP provinces are more anti India than other provinces.I suppose Ayaz Amir will add his learned support to Sharif bhai..and the epic cold war will go on.Inspite of getting hit by terrorism one never learns.Terroism has no religion..As Zardarai says - especialy in the light of the Economic debacle in the US ,the smaller countries like India and Pakistan should rule with the mind rather than the heart.