Pak says Parrikar's 'terrorism remark' confirms India's involvement in cross-border terrorism

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's adviser on national security and foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz, has said that the statement made by Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar that India will use terrorism to counter terrorism from other countries confirmed Islamabad's apprehensions about India's involvement in terrorism in Pakistan.

Expressing deep concern over the statement, Aziz said that it was the first time that a minister of an elected government openly endorsed use of terrorism in another country on pretext of preventing terrorism from that country or its non-state actors, reported the Dawn.

Aziz termed terrorism a "common enemy" and stressed that it was vital for the two nations to work together to tackle the problem, from which Pakistan has suffered much more than almost any other country.

He also added that Pakistan sincerely pursued a policy of good neighbourly relations with India.