Islamabad sources stated that Pakistan wants peace, but India is creating “war frenzy”, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi claimed, amidst simmering tensions between the two countries following the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF soldiers. Meanwhile when addressing the media following a consultative meeting in the wake of the Pulwama attack, Qureshi also said that Pakistan was trying to defuse tensions and has written to the UN, seeking the world body's intervention.
Furthermore forty Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed on February 14 in Jammu and Kashmir when a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) rammed an explosive laden vehicle into their bus in Pulwama district, sparking outrage in the country. Meanwhile days after the attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said security forces were given a free hand to avenge the dastardly act.
Qureshi said "Pakistan wants peace and he wants to give clear message that India is creating war frenzy but if it thinks that it can bring Pakistan under pressure or browbeat us, then it should get rid of this notion because this nation is united like a fist". Moreover the international community led by the US pressed Pakistan to deny safe haven to terror groups operating form its soil and bring the perpetrators of the Pulwama attack to justice. Recently India has asked Pakistan to take immediate and verifiable action against terrorists and terror groups operating from territories under its control.
