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The fear in Pakistan establishment is genuine as Mumbai serial blast accused Dawood Ibrahim and the Mumbai blast accused are being sheltered there.
Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir also accused Indian establishment and armed forces of trying to subvert the agenda of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by making statements which were "a matter of concern".
Any country that attempts to "mimic" the unilateral act of the US will find it has made a "basic miscalculation", Bashir said at the first news conference by a senior Pakistani official on the killing of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in the garrison city of Abbottabad near here by special US forces on Monday.
"We see a lot of bravado in our own region. There have been statements that have come from across (the border), by senior people from the military and air force, which state that this can be repeated.
"We feel that sort of misadventure or miscalculation would result in a terrible catastrophe," he said in his opening remarks.
He made the remarks in the wake of the statement by army chief Gen V K Singh that Indian forces had the capability to mount raids like the pre-dawn assault by US special forces that resulted in the killing of bin Laden.
Stressing on the military strength of Pakistan, Bashir said if any country would ever act on the assumption that it has a might to unilateralism of any sorts, as far as Pakistan is concerned, will find themselves indulging in misadventure.
"There should be no doubt that Pakistan has adequate capacity to ensure its own defence," he said.
Responding to a query on the remarks of Indian military officials about mounting a raid against leaders of Pak-based terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Bashir said such comments are "a matter of concern".
"I only see them as symptomatic of trends and tendencies within the Indian establishment and their armed forces to subvert the agenda of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. I don't think the Indian leadership would really subscribe to this".
Bashir highlighted the need for a "serious constructive approach" and said Pakistan was engaged in a process of dialogue with India.
"We have had good meetings recently between the Home and Interior Secretaries of the two countries on counter-terrorism and counter-narcotics. We have done everything that we can and we are continuing to do in terms of cooperating to avert the possibilities of terror between our two countries", he said.
Bashir even questioned whether the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks could be described as "an intelligence failure or security failure on the part of India."
He also sought to equate the incident to the questions of "incompetence or complicity" being raised about Pakistani security forces in the context of the US raid that killed bin Laden.
Bashir mounted a strong defence of the ISI in the wake of questions raised by US officials about its failure to detect bin Laden even though he was living in a compound located less than a kilometre from the Pakistan Military Academy.
He also sought to dispel the impression that the US raid had taken bilateral relations to a fresh low.
While acknowledging that the unilateral and covert US operation had been successful in eliminating bin Laden, Bashir said it was "fortunate that a major tragedy that could have happened was averted" as the Pakistan Air Force had scrambled two F-16 jets after learning that some helicopters were present over Abbottabad.
Referring to comments by US officials like CIA chief Leon Panetta about the possible complicity of Pakistani security forces or intelligence agencies in sheltering bin Laden, he said such remarks had "continued to surface periodically" to pressure Pakistan to "do more" in the war on terror.
"It's easy to say the ISI or elements within the government were in cahoots with al-Qaeda. This is a false hypothesis and a false charge. It cannot be validated on any account and it flies in the face of what Pakistan and the ISI has been able to accomplish," he contended.
Bashir claimed the ISI had been more successful than even the CIA in capturing or killing al-Qaeda and Taliban elements.
The ISI had shared information on the compound where bin Laden was found since 2009 and had also focussed on Abbottabad since 2004, he said.
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IT IS VERY SAD TO SEE THE JARGONS OF INDIAN MILITARY LEADER AND THE PAK LEADERS WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE LIFE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL SUFFERING UNDER POVERTY LINE. THEIR WORDS ARE LIKE CRICKET PLAYERS, IRRESPONSIBLE AND IMMATURE...........
one issue is of poverty and other of defence both are important but must b seen distinctly.....dont mix and loose direction. if u have noticed indian foreign policy it can be seen that it is one of better kind.
Pakistan starts warning India against taking any steps forwar d to eliminate those terrorists responsible for Bombay massacre being hidden by pakistan in a safe village,would be an imitation of what the US done.It seems to be an appele for a bail well in advance to the international community for what kind of shelter(mansion)they build up for the rehabilitation of international terrorists.
Osama made a basic mistake in his calculations..should've come to India, would've got a ration card (BPL), passport,voter ID, PAN card etc..And if not anything else, Anda Cell ka Sanctuary to Tha Hi...
Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee and MMS are both weak kneed but in different ways. Mr. Vajpayee was physically weak-kneed but mentally he was having knees of steel. Pakistan would not have dared to take India for granted under his stewardship. When I say Mr. MMS also is weak-kneed, I need not say anything more.
Pak's neck against a Osama style raid by India was withdrawn after Musharaff promised corrective actions to the US. The date -- 10th Jan 2002. Salman Bashir, Keyani and their entire cohort must realise that for years Indian military has been seeking sanction to break the terror structure. If Pak wants goodwill, they should be politely handing the ten wanted men to India without drama. That is the best they can do to recover their shame.
With this statement Pakistan Admits its Guilt.
India cannot dare to attack on Pakistan even the rational indians agree with this. Because such act will trigger another war and atleast india (its fast rising economy) can not tolerate and india dont have guts, on the other hand Pakistan is already in state of war already suffered a lot, economically at bottom line, hence another border war will not make much difference. 180 million Pakistanis can take care of any enemy (American operationa is an exemption & another debate)
INDIA DOES NOT NEED MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT LIKE HELICOPTERS TO NEGATE PAKISTAN WE HAVE OTHER MEANS AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO ENTER YOUR COUNTRY
Is there any end to the totally foolish and unwarranted statements coming from the irresponsible Pakistani Leadership? The Pak leaders have fooled their own people and continue to do so to by making statements that have become norm rather than exception. We all know we the Indians are corrupt, by and large. But some of our good thinking and doing definitely prepared us for the current boom. The corruption is now counted in thousands or lakhs of crores. I sincerely hope good leadership emerges, takes advantage of the current times and lay a firm foundation for a better future for all.
Mr. Bashir you have nothing to worry, India does not have the balls to do anything like that. India is all talk no action.........sadly. Politicians are easly bought and sold. they would even sell their mothers if the price was right. So don't worry.......Military can do all the talking but the top brass are hand picked so they don't question the corrupt politicians. as long as India has these politicians, Pakistan is safe.
pakistan wants to act as if nothing has happened. they were caught with their pants down. its the overwhelming guilt a nation as a whole being disgraced. what a shame!
Pakistan warns India against imitating the US in taking action against terrorists hiding(being hidden by Pakistan) in Pakistan. So they are admitting that terrorists who acted against India are are hiding or being hidden by Pakistan in Pakistan. What further evidence does anyone need?
USA came to your home and Osama and took away his body under your noise. It will nice if this man speak the same word with USA and then you try and talk about India. MMS these are the words you need to reply to pakistan. MMS forgot that you impotent fcuker. This time when Narendra Modi will be the PM of India, he will get rid of pakistan from the world map.
Indian military is capable but the Indian politicans do not have the guts to allow them to do it. Obama was needed for the mission and we do not have an Obama in India. Hopefully Obama will act on the Mumbai terrorists also since they killed so many US personnel in Indian soil. Pakistan must be worried about its ability to hide Jihadists and terrorists from the US and also about the billions that it gets from the US. I am sure now that within a short period of time the Paksitani Government will surrender the Mumbai terrorists and the Afghan taliban leaders like Mulla Omar to the US. Sure they will not surrender them to India but what matters is that we get justice. Pakistan is a duplicious state with no morality to guide their compass.
Pakis need not worry about India attacking or doing such a mission.All we are now trying here is to ged rid of a few pakis that are living in our country like diggi, tiwari,anthulay,srk azharuddin etc. once they have all gone to their favourite place, we will then look for some leaders with spine and take all our currupt leaders to Ganga and clean the river.Our army and camandos are capable of any such mission,but unfortunately my country is governed by Hijadas at this point who has bankrupted my country of money,moral,confidence,and dignity. sorry
Pakistan need not worry. India does not have the guts to do so!
India also should attack like US to save our peoples from pakistan terrorists. They should not give shelter to pakistan. Wake up india !!! Wake up!!!
Do not worry. We are not US. And you are not begging from us that you will allow any such thing to happen to you. The moment you come to a stage begging from us we shall see that Dawood is eleminated in the same co-operative fashion.
It was a dirty game being played between Pakistan and USA.Pakistan had been in full knowledge of his where abouts and had been shifiting his residences till he got little tired and wanted to have some relief and safest place could be this or army HeadQuaters.It sounds as an intrigue planned by both Pakistan and US for Obama wants to withdraw forces from that region for which they need some excuse to declare Victory in war against terrorism.This propaganda they started immidiately after Osama's killing was announced;without confirmation.there are dozen contradictory statements coming from US lawmakers which not only add to suspicions but acertain that all was/is drama.Pakistan's allegations/objections against US action are pretentious.The preprations started aound three before when US declared to shift all bases in Pak into Afghanistan.Warning India and a hint towards USA is cheap trick to ensure and calm own public;this could turn into real civil war.Pak will be rewarded in near future
india as the power and intelligence to perform such surgical acts, what pak general said is all shit no fart, after all they lost with india in 2 wars. we are the number one
Obama should depute CIA urgently to interrogate Mushraff, Kayani, Gilani and the ISI idiot (dont know his name) to find out pakistan's military and ISI facilitationg safe haven to Bin Laden. Interesting fact is that, Pak was so far protecting Laden using the military aid given by the United States !
India needs to understand its not USA. The statement of indian army chief was really provocative and stupid. Does India believe Pakistan will spare India in case of an air strike? Its because of stupid General like the one you have, I do not believe you will ever be able to go ahead of China. Just keep the Chinese model in your head, get a little broad minded and stop picking up needless fights if you want to sustain your 10% growth rate
i just do not know why pakistan worries that india will attack them if they did not do any wrong unless they did something wrong which makes us to believe dawood ios really in pakistan same as osama in a lovely mansion with security given by a false intelligence agency isi alias terrorist suppliers and caretakers are guarding man come on pak is pissed off attack them get 26/11 its true meaning go india
paki government are scared that since US came and killed osama India will come too so they are making all statements to scare other countries off. They are scared that anyone can come and do anything in their country because they are so involved in supporting terrorism they didn't bother to secure their land
Mr. Bashir, good statement for the morale of your senseless people (sensible people know the reality), but don't fear India. If India could have done anything, you would not have been at this position and speaking boldly. India has been led by week leaders engaged in looting their own country. They don't have time to must the courage and skill US have shown. You please relax from India and think about US.