India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan over comments made in support of a terrorist organisation and its members, stressing that Islamabad has no locus standi to speak on matters related to India and its judicial processes.
New Delhi's strong reaction came after Pakistan Foreign Office issued a statement on the awarding of a life imprisonment sentence to Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that Pakistan's statement condoning violence has not surprised India as Islamabad has been sponsoring terrorism for a long time. He urged Pakistan to introspect its systematic human rights violations.
"We categorically reject the statement issued by Pakistan in support of a banned terrorist organization and its members. Pakistan has no locus standi to comment on matters internal to India or its judicial processes. However, one is not surprised that a country, which has long been sponsoring terrorism, has come up with such a statement condoning violence and killing of innocent people. Instead of peddling lies and frivolous narratives, Pakistan should introspect on the grave and systematic human rights violations it continues to perpetrate," read a statement issued by the MEA spokesperson.
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