Editor's Pick: Diplomatic storm over Bilawal’s comments on Modi

India lashed out at Pakistan on Friday for what it termed an “uncivilized outburst” by Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that cities across the world “bear the scars” of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. The comments are a continuation of a heated exchange that began at a United Nations Security Council briefing on counter-terrorism in New York on Thursday, where External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had described Pakistan as the “epicentre of terrorism”. In his response, Mr. Bhutto Zardari said, “Osama bin Laden is dead. But the butcher of Gujarat lives and he is the Prime Minister of India.” The official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Arindam Bagchi, said, “Pakistan Foreign Minister’s uncivilised outburst seems to be a result of Pakistan’s increasing inability” to rein in terrorists and their proxies. “We wish that [the] Pakistan Foreign Minister would have listened more sincerely yesterday [Thursday] at the UN Security Council to the testimony of Ms. Anjali Kulthe, a Mumbai nurse who saved the lives of 20 pregnant women from the bullets of the Pakistani terrorist, Ajmal Kasab. Clearly, the Foreign Minister was more interested in whitewashing Pakistan’s role.” Mr. Bagchi further said that the perpetrators of the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar Sajjad Mir, as well as the mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, Dawood Ibrahim, all remained free in Pakistan. “Cities like New York, Mumbai, Pulwama, Pathankot and London are among the many that bear the scars of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. This violence has emanated from their Special Terrorist Zones and exported to all parts of the world. ‘Make in Pakistan’ terrorism has to stop,” said the spokesperson. The Hindu’s editorial says though it is unfortunate that a briefing on counter-terrorism appears to have been overshadowed by heated words outside the Security Council between Mr. Jaishankar and Mr. Bhutto Zardari, the Indian government would be better served “by focusing on the task at hand: ‘reinvigorating’ the global agenda and counter-terrorism architecture by emphasising the need for unity on the issue” so that all countries can provide resources to battle radical ideologies which threatens civilians worldwide. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Head over to our newsletter subscription page to sign up for Editor‘s Pick and more. Click here. The Hindu’s Editorials Countering terror: On action against groups targeting civilians Dangerous gamble: On Turkey’s attacks on Syrian Kurds The Hindu Daily News Quiz The Old Pension Scheme guarantees pension at ____ of the last drawn basic pay. 55% 25% 35% 50% To know the answer and to play the full quiz, click here. [logo] Editor's Pick 17 DECEMBER 2022 [The Hindu logo] In the Editor's Pick newsletter, The Hindu explains why a story was important enough to be carried on the front page of today's edition of our newspaper. [Arrow]( [Open in browser]( [Mail icon]( [More newsletters]( Dear reader, We have now made it easier for you to manage your The Hindu newsletter subscriptions in one place! 1. Visit [The Hindu newsletters page]( 2. Click MANAGE tab and then click LOGIN / SIGN UP 3. If you don’t have an account with The Hindu, please click SIGN UP OR If you already have an account with The Hindu with this email ID, please login using the email ID Diplomatic storm over Bilawal’s comments on Modi India lashed out at Pakistan on Friday for what it termed an [“uncivilized outburst” by Pakistani Foreign Minister]( Bhutto Zardari against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that cities across the world “bear the scars” of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. The comments are a continuation of a heated exchange that began at a United Nations Security Council briefing on counter-terrorism in New York on Thursday, where External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had described Pakistan as the “epicentre of terrorism”. In his response, Mr. Bhutto Zardari said, “Osama bin Laden is dead. But the butcher of Gujarat lives and he is the Prime Minister of India.” The official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Arindam Bagchi, said, “Pakistan Foreign Minister’s uncivilised outburst seems to be a result of Pakistan’s increasing inability” to rein in terrorists and their proxies. “We wish that [the] Pakistan Foreign Minister would have listened more sincerely yesterday [Thursday] at the UN Security Council to the testimony of Ms. Anjali Kulthe, a Mumbai nurse who saved the lives of 20 pregnant women from the bullets of the Pakistani terrorist, Ajmal Kasab. Clearly, the Foreign Minister was more interested in whitewashing Pakistan’s role.” Mr. Bagchi further said that the perpetrators of the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar Sajjad Mir, as well as the mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, Dawood Ibrahim, all remained free in Pakistan. “Cities like New York, Mumbai, Pulwama, Pathankot and London are among the many that bear the scars of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. This violence has emanated from their Special Terrorist Zones and exported to all parts of the world. ‘Make in Pakistan’ terrorism has to stop,” said the spokesperson. [The Hindu]( editorial]( though it is unfortunate that a briefing on counter-terrorism appears to have been overshadowed by heated words outside the Security Council between Mr. Jaishankar and Mr. Bhutto Zardari, the Indian government would be better served “by focusing on the task at hand: ‘reinvigorating’ the global agenda and counter-terrorism architecture by emphasising the need for unity on the issue” so that all countries can provide resources to battle radical ideologies which threatens civilians worldwide. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Head over to our newsletter subscription page to sign up for Editor‘s Pick and more. 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