"Pakistani Army Chief lives in dreamland": Foreign affairs expert on Asim Munir's two-nation theory remarks

New Delhi [India], April 17 : Foreign Affairs Expert Robinder Sachdev strongly criticised Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir's recent remarks on the two-nation theory, accusing the Pakistani military leadership of having a rigid mentality and said that they are emotionally pressuring overseas Pakistanis.

While speaking with ANI, Sachdev said, "The comments made by the Pakistani Army Chief indicate that he lives in a dreamland. He was trying to emotionally pressurise overseas Pakistanis so they would contribute more to Pakistan. This indicates the Army Chief's backwards and rigid mentality, and quashes any hope that Pakistan will change its ways. It also indicates that the feeling of staying adamant about the Kashmir issue seeped deep in their veins, and that Pakistan will never improve."

He added, "India's stance has become quite clear in the last few years that Pakistan will have to return the Pakistan-occupied areas to us. India may not need to take any steps in this matter because Pakistan has many issues that will break the country from within, and the people of these areas will want to be a part of India. The Army Chief's statements depict that Pakistan is intoxicated with a hatred for India."

Earlier in the day, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) responded to Munir's comments on Kashmir, emphasising that the view of Kashmir being a "jugular vein" is baseless.

While addressing a press briefing on Thursday in New Delhi, on the comments by Pakistan Army chief terming Kashmir as a jugular vein, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "How can anything foreign be in a jugular vein? This is a union territory of India. It's only relationship with Pakistan is the vacation of illegally occupied territories by that country..."

He further said that the reputation of Pakistan as the epicentre of global terrorism will not decrease.

"Pakistan may try very hard, but its reputation as the epicentre of global terrorism will not diminish. The extradition of Rana serves as a reminder to Pakistan that it needs to bring to justice other perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks, whom it continues to shield," Jaiswal said.

This comes after Asim Munir, during his address at the Convention for Overseas Pakistanis event, said that India and Pakistan differ in every conceivable aspect, including religions, customs, traditions, thoughts and ambitions, reinforcing the Two-Nation Theory that led to Pakistan's creation in 1947.

Munir invoked the 'two-nation theory', which was responsible for the creation of Pakistan back in 1947 and asked the Pakistan citizens to teach their children the difference between Hindus and Muslims, which was the basis for the creation of the Islamic Republic.

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