Manohar Parrikar hits out at Pakistan, says going to Pak or to hell is the same thing

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Aug 16, 2016: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi openly came out in support of "freedom" for Balochistan and "Pakistan-occupied Kashmir", Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday equated Pakistan to hell.

 

“Going to Pakistan or to hell is the same thing,” said Parrikar.

He added that since Pakistan has failed to inflict major damage, it is looking to inflict smaller wounds, reported CNN-IBN.

Modi’s references to Balochistan and Pakistani Kashmir had not gone down well with Pakistan.

Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Advisor Sartaj Aziz said Modi was “only trying to divert world attention from the grim tragedy that has been unfolding in the Indian-occupied Kashmir over the past five weeks”.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry yesterday invited his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar to visit Islamabad for talks on Jammu and Kashmir.

India-Pakistan ties have become frosty after large-scale violence broke out in Jammu and Kashmir following the killing of militant Burhan Wani on July 8.