Pakistan reading from Lashkar script to hail Burhan: India

New Delhi July 9 (IANS) India on Sunday said the Pakistan government was "reading" from Lashkar-e-Taiba s terror script in hailing Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani whose death on July 8 last year sparked months long deadly unrest in Jammu and Kashmir.

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay condemned in a tweet the praises showered upon Wani and other Kashmiri militants by the Pakistan government and its army on his first death anniversary.

"First @ForeignOfficePk (Pakistan Foreign Office) read from banned LeT s script. Now Pak COAS (Chief of Army Staff) glorifies Burhan Wani. Pakistan s terror support and sponsorship need to be condemned by one and all " Baglay tweeted.

The tweet was in response to Pakistan using Wani s death anniversary on Saturday to rake up the Kashmir issue.

Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Saturday that Kashmiris had the right to self-determination.

Bajwa said Hizbul Mujahideen militant Wani s "sacrifice" was "testimony" of his and his generation s "resolve" against "Indian atrocities."

Even Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif paid tributes to Wani saying his death had "infused a new spirit in the struggle for freedom" in Jammu and Kashmir.

"The blood rendered by Burhan Wani has infused a new spirit in the freedom movement. The Kashmiri people are steadfast to take their movement to logical conclusion " Sharif said.

The Pakistan Foreign Office in Islamabad said in its tweet on Saturday that it condemned "India s deliberate targeting of civilians (in Kashmir) that is contrary to human dignity international human rights and humanitarian laws".

--IANS
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