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NEW DELHI,DEC 16: After Pakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the UN Security Council meeting, official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Arindam Bagchi issued a statement slamming the Pakistan minister for the “uncivilsed outburst.”

During the UN Security Council meeting on Friday, Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took a veiled jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. in response to external affairs minister S Jaishankar’s “Hosting Osama Bin Laden” comment.

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Referring to the Pakistan minister’s comment, the Ministry of External Affairs said, “These comments are a new low, even for Pakistan. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan has obviously forgotten this day in 1971, which was a direct result of the genocide unleashed by Pakistani rulers against ethnic Bengalis and Hindus. Unfortunately, Pakistan does not seem to have changed much in the treatment of its minorities. It certainly lacks credentials to cast aspersions at India.”

“As recent conferences and events have demonstrated, counter terrorism remains high on the global agenda. Pakistan’s indisputable role in sponsoring, harbouring, and actively financing terrorist and terrorist organisations remains under the scanner. Pakistan FM’s uncivilised outburst seems to be a result of Pakistan’s increasing inability to use terrorists and their proxies,” said the MEA.

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Speaking about cities such as New York, Mumbai, Pulwama, Pathankot and London which have borne the brunt of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, the MEA said, “This violence has emanated from their Special Terrorist Zones and exported to all parts of the world. “Make in Pakistan” terrorism has to stop.”

“Pakistan is a country that glorifies Osama bin Laden as a martyr, and shelters terrorists like Lakhvi, Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar, Sajid Mir and Dawood Ibrahim. No other country can boast having 126 UN-designated terrorists and 27 UN-designated terrorist entities,” read the statement released by the MEA.

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The MEA further said, “We wish that the Pakistan Finance Minister would have listened more sincerely yesterday at the UN Security Council to the testimony of Ms. Anjali Kulthe, a Mumbai nurse who saved the lives of 20 pregnant women from the bullets of the Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab. Clearly, the Foreign Minister was more interested in whitewashing Pakistan’s role.”

“Pakistan FM’s frustration would be better directed towards the masterminds of terrorist enterprises in his own country, who have made terrorism a part of their State policy. Pakistan needs to change its own mindset or remain a pariah,” said the MEA.

-The India Today