New Delhi: Pakistan on Sunday started fishing in troubled waters by lashing out at India, describing slain terrorist Burhan Wani as a “Kashmiri leader” and alleging that his killing by Indian security forces on Friday was “extra-judicial”. Wani, a top commander of the pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen, had an appeal with the state’s youth.
After violent protests rocked Kashmir following Wani’s killing, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting in New Delhi on Sunday to review the situation in the state and spoke to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, promising all possible help from the Centre.
Pakistan conveniently ignored the fact that Wani was a militant who chose the gun. In a statement, the Pakistan foreign ministry said: “The extrajudicial killing of Kashmiri leader Burhan Wani and scores of other innocent Kashmiris is deplorable and condemnable. Such acts are a violation of fundamental human rights of Kashmiris and cannot deter the people of J&K from their demand for the realisation of the right to self-determination.”
