Kochi: A former Pakistani diplomat has suggested Pakistan to hit India if the US attacked Pakistan, media reports said.
Abdul Basit said during a TV show,
attacking New Delhi and Mumbai should be Pakistan’s “default move” if the country comes under attack from the US.
Basit’s response came to a question on Indian origin US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s statements flagging Pakistan’s long-range ballistic missile programme.
During an interaction on Pakistani channel ABN news, Basit said Gabbard’s “anti-Pakistan” worldview always comes to the fore. “…Pakistan’s deterrence is India-specific. Tulsi Gabbard saw our missiles, but not India’s Agni 5 and Agni 6. They are intercontinental missiles. We don’t have that kind of range. I pray this increases. We should at least be able to target Israel,” he said during an interaction on Pakistani channel ABN news.
Basit was high commissioner of Pakistan to India. Referring to the US, he said “India is their strategic partner. We get carried away and think Pakistan has strong ties (with the US). It is true that after (US President Donald) Trump came, some things have improved, but we must remember that the US will never be our strategic partner in the long term,” he said.
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