Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in an interview to CNN-IBN has made some scathing comments against India and Prime Minister Modi – even hitting out at Modi’s ties to the RSS.
Musharraf firmly stated that nobody should dare Pakistan or try to carry out operations like India did in Myanmar.
If Indian forces after entering Myanmar declare that they will do the same with Pakistan, then of course it is a matter of concern to us. You had dare not treat us like Myanmar. You may not have used the word ‘Pakistan’ but that is what you implied.
– Pervez Musharraf, Former Pakistan President
Talking Terror
Musharraf also refuted claims that Pakistan is supporting terror outfits and instead accused India of sponsoring terrorism in Balochistan.
When asked why terrorists of Lashkar-e-Toiba are considered freedom fighters in Pakistan, Musharraf had this to say,
One man’s terrorists are another man’s freedom fighters. It is not just us (Pakistanis), it is happening everywhere in the world.
– Pervez Musharraf, Former Pakistan President
Asserting that the dispute in Kashmir was of national interest, Musharraf claimed that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had made a mistake in not engaging the separatists in talks. Even Indian leaders must speak with them, the former President declared.
Coming out in strong defence of people who were helping the terror outfits in Kashmir, Musharraf refused to acknowledge that they were ‘terrorists’. Instead he reiterated his stand that whoever was helping their brethren in Kashmir was a freedom fighter.