Pakistan’s former foreign minister says India threatening peace of ‘all South Asia’

Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Javaid spoke with Pakistan’s former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari about the country’s latest military confrontation with India and his view on the path ahead.
Bhutto Zardari, now the chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, said Pakistan does not seek war, but has the right to defend itself after India’s overnight aerial assault.
“What choice does Pakistan have? Innocent civilians have been killed. Our sovereignty has been violated,” he told Al Jazeera. “We’ve never pursued the path to conflict. But India is making it very difficult. And they’re once again threatening the peace and stability in all of South Asia.”
Bhutto Zardari stressed that Pakistan played no role in the April 22 attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that New Delhi has accused it of being behind, and pressed for an international inquiry to shed light on the facts.
“Our hands are clean and we’d like to get to the bottom of this,” said Bhutto Zardari. “Why did India reject Pakistan’s proposal for an international, impartial investigation into the incident …They still to this day have been unable to name to us, to tell us or anybody else those who are involved in these attacks, despite Pakistan’s calls for an international inquiry.”

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Post from Al Jazeera on May 07, 2025

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