The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday strongly rejected remarks made by the spokesperson of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on incidents in India, calling them baseless and hypocritical. India said Pakistan has no moral standing to comment on the treatment of minorities, given its own poor record on the issue. In a sharp statement, the MEA said Pakistan’s “horrific and systemic victimisation” of minorities belonging to different faiths is a well-established fact recognised globally. The MEA further stated that no amount of finger-pointing by Pakistan would distract from or conceal the reality of its internal situation. “We reject the reported remarks from a country whose abysmal record on this front speaks for itself,” the spokesperson said.
