'BAD NEIGHBOUR' REMARK

Pakistan on Saturday criticised External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for his remarks about the country, claiming the comments were made to deflect attention from India's own “troubling record’ of “promoting instability” in the region.

- PTI

Jaishankar on Friday said India has every right to defend its people when it comes to “bad neighbours” and asserted a neighbouring country cannot ask New Delhi to share water if it continues to spread terrorism in the country. He, however, did not name any country.

“Pakistan firmly rejects the irresponsible assertions made by the Indian External Affairs Minister,’ Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi told the media.

Once again, India “seeks to deflect attention from its own troubling record” as a neighbour that “contributes to regional instability’, Andrabi alleged.