India's allegations rejected

Pakistan on Monday categorically rejected the Indian allegations related to Uri attack as baseless and irresponsible and described these as a blatant attempt to deflect attention from situation in the Jammu and Kashmir (IHK). "Pakistan has noted with serious concern the recent spate of vitriolic and unsubstantiated statements emanating from Indian civil and military leadership in the aftermath of yesterday's attack on Indian occupation forces in the Uri sector of the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK)," said Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs.
The latest development comes ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's speech to the 71st session of UN General Assembly on Wednesday where the sources said that he would effectively raise the ongoing atrocities by Indian security forces in the IHK, besides calling on the international community to take notice of the blatant violations of human rights in the IHK.
In a statement, issued here by the Foreign Office in response to a series of accusations by seniors Indian ministers soon after the Uri attack, Aziz said, "Pakistan categorically rejects the baseless and irresponsible accusations being levelled by senior officials in Prime Minister Modi's government".
He termed the allegations a blatant attempt on India's part to deflect attention from the fast deteriorating humanitarian and human rights situation in the Indian occupied Kashmir since the death of Burhan Wani. "It needs to be understood that the situation in IOK is not of Pakistan's making but a direct consequence of illegal Indian occupation and a long history of atrocities that has resulted in over a 100 thousand deaths," he pointed out, adding more than 100 people have died and thousands injured during the recent episode of protest and ongoing curfew in the occupied territory over the past 73 days.
He further stated that a large number of youth have been blinded by the indiscriminate firing of pellet guns and nobody has been spared the brute state of force including the elderly, women and children. "This should awaken international conscience," he asserted.
Aziz further said that it was particularly deplorable that the Indian Minister chose to blame Pakistan for the incident even prior to conducting proper investigation. "The statement is part of a pattern to mislead world opinion and cover up India's reign of terror in IOK," he added.
Soon after the Uri attack in which 17 Indian soldiers were killed, India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh termed Pakistan a 'terrorist state'. "Pakistan is a terrorist state and should be identified and isolated as such," Rajnath tweeted. "I am deeply disappointed with Pakistan's continued and direct support to terrorism and terrorist groups," he added.