Pakistan, on Monday, strongly rejected the statement of the External Affairs Ministry on the situation in Balochistan and described it contrary to 'well-established norms of interstate relations'.
"The statement is not only against the well-established norms of interstate relations but also a blatant interference in the internal affairs of a neighbouring country," foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam said in a strongly worded statement issued on Monday evening.
She said India's purported concern for the people of other countries is ill-advised, especially when 'India remains afflicted with several insurgencies including in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Bundel Khand, Gorkhaland, Bodoland and Khaplang, which are being suppressed by force'.
"Instead of oppression and use of force, India should politically address grievances and aspirations of the peoples of these areas," she added.
Aslam asked India to focus on putting its own house in order rather than commenting on the internal affairs of other countries.
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