India can conduct “false” operations after defeat at UN, Pakistan’s FM says

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that India can resort to a “false flag operation” to divert attention from Jammu and Kashmir after its diplomatic defeat at a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Friday.
“To divert international attention, most probably India can resort to some false flag operation. We want to timely inform the international community that we have doubts on Indian intentions. We know their plans and the nation is ready for it,” he said.
In a letter to the UNSC dated August 13, Qureshi had asked for an urgent meeting on Jammu and Kashmir after India unilaterally revoked its Article 370 which had accorded a special status to the Valley. Indian-administered Kashmir has remained under lockdown, with phone and Internet services suspended since the decision on August 5.
The UNSC took up the matter when it convened a meeting on Friday.
Addressing a joint press conference with the Director General Inter-Services Public Relations, Major General Asif Ghafoor – following the UNSC’s meeting on Kashmir – he said that Pakistan’s army and the nation were ready to defend any misadventures on part of India.
Qureshi, for his part, added that the committee had decided for a special cell to be set up for Kashmir at the Foreign Office which could devise the future course of action on the matter.
Additionally, the members also agreed on the need to increase lobbying at the international level. For the purpose, specific Kashmir desks will be established at various Pakistani embassies across the world “in order to carry out effective communication on the matter.”
The purpose of the meeting was to send out a message that Pakistan was on the same page on all matters pertaining to Kashmir and India’s actions there.
“The committee on Kashmir has members from all concerned parties, including members of opposition parties,” he said.
Qureshi lauded the “historic” UNSC meeting held on Friday which saw the council members urge all parties involved to refrain from any unilateral action which could further aggravate the situation.
“We achieved a milestone yesterday, which shocked India. The Kashmir issue was raised at a platform which is responsible for resolving the dispute,” he said, adding that the committee agreed that India’s strategy revolved around the “Doval doctrine.”
“Indian PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Adviser Ajit Kumar Doval are the three main characters of this strategy. Modi has murdered Nehru’s Hindustan. Today, it is not Nehru’s Hindustan. It is Modi’s Hindustan,” Qureshi said. 
Commending the indomitable and unbroken spirit of residents in Indian-administered Kashmir, Qureshi noted that despite the curfew, Kashmiris came out of their houses on Friday to offer special prayers. “It was a glimpse into their emotions, into what it would be like after the curfew lifts,” he said. 
He said the world bodies have responded positively to Pakistan’s call to discuss the issue at hand. “The OIC and UNSC have both responded positively to Pakistan’s call for the Kashmir issue to be taken up. The OIC has called for an immediate end to the curfew in occupied Kashmir,” he said.
Throwing light on India’s move to do away with Article 370 of the constitution, Qureshi said: “Pakistan does not recognize Article 370 of the Indian constitution, it is not our concern. Our concern is with the forceful change in Kashmir’s demographic and violation of the rights of the people of Kashmir.”
Meanwhile, Pakistan army’s spokesman Maj Gen Ghafoor reiterated that the military, with the help of the entire nation, were ready to respond to any act of aggression by India. “Pakistan army is fully prepared to confront every misadventure by India. India’s provocation continues across the Line of Control [LoC].”
Responding to a question on Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement, he said that the world needs to take note of the irresponsible comments made by him.
“Pakistan is a responsible state, but India has always threatened us. Responsible states do not make statements like Rajnath Singh,” he said, adding that Pakistan was sending more forces to the LoC. “We are planning how to manage the threats from India,” he said.
He added that Indian soldiers have been deployed at every nook and corner of the Valley, even as the world keenly observes human rights abuses by the troops.
“At the present stage, the biggest issue in Jammu and Kashmir is about human rights’ violations. The entire region has been turned into a prison,” Maj Gen Ghafoor said, urging the international community to make more efforts for the resolution of the dispute which he termed as “a nuclear flashpoint” between Pakistan and India.
Talking to the media separately, he made it clear that Pakistan would not take any action which may lead to the international opinion changing against Islamabad. 
“With the number of Indian troops present in the Kashmir region at the moment, even if a single person enters there [without them knowing] it would be a huge failure on India’s part,” he said.
Former Pakistani Ambassador to India, Abdul Basit seconded the Foreign Minister’s false flag operation claim by saying that there is a possibility of a staged terrorist attack by India to divert attention from Jammu and Kashmir, especially with an increase in international pressure.
“It is possible that India can stage a Pulwama or Pathankot-type attack. I think it can be outside Jammu and Kashmir especially in Indian Punjab side to damage Kartarpur corridor as well,” he told Arab News.
He said any direct attack on Pakistan by India would be a huge mistake. “They (India) might have worked out their strategies but when the situation in IOK is so much tense and deteriorating, it would not be wise to open another front. The actual situation will be cleared after lifting of curfew but I don’t see direct conflict anytime soon.”
Commenting on Pakistan’s future course of action, he said that Pakistan should arrange for an OIC foreign ministers’ summit in Islamabad as quickly as possible. “Along with arranging the summit, Pakistan should also hold a big convention of Kashmiri diaspora in London or somewhere which can come up with some resolution. Pakistan should also deploy a special envoy on Kashmir,” Basit said.