How Pakistan reacted to Rajnath Singh's remark on crossing border to kill terrorists

A day after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh remarked that India will enter Pakistan to kill terrorists if they run away, Islamabad has finally responded.

Pakistan alleged that the Indian government "habitually resorts to hateful rhetoric to fuel hyper-nationalistic sentiments, unapologetically exploiting such discourse for electoral gains."

Singh's remarks came in response to The Guardian claiming that India executed 20 terrorists in Pakistan since 2020 in a bid to thwart a Pulawam-like attack in the future. The report claimed that India's pre-emptive anti-terror policy got nod from the Research and Analysis Wing after being inspired by Israeli and Russian counterparts.

Before Singh's remarks, the Ministry of External Affairs dismissed the UK outlet's allegations as "false and malicious propaganda," citing Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar's statement that targeted killings on foreign soil are "not the policy of the Indian government."

Pakistan, on its part, has not publicly acknowledged the killings as many of the targets were members of banned terrorist outfits whom the country had earlier claimed are not sheltered by its government or military.