F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has rejected the rumors that captured Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman was released owing to pressure, on Saturday.
This he said during an interview with BBC Urdu, the foreign minister Qureshi said, Pakistan will not allow anti-state elements to risk the peace of the country or the region and adding that Islamabad plan on taking action against extremist groups.
FM Qureshi added that the government will not allow any militia or militant organization to use weapons or to spread terrorism.
While responding to a question, FM Qureshi said that there was neither pressure on Pakistan to release him nor any compulsion.
The aim to releasing the capture Indian pilot to convey to them that we do not want to increase your sorrow, we do not want your citizens to be miserable, we are in peace loving country.
Pakistan does not want the peace of the region to be risked over politics, the foreign minister further said.
Stating that “Pakistan does not want to go in the past”, Qureshi said, But if it goes in the past, then we will have to see how the attack on Parliament, Pathankot and Udi took place and that is a long story.
The foreign minister further said, if evidence is shared against Jaish-e-Muhammad, then action will be take.
