Pakistan should control terrorism if it wants peace and reconciliation, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed has said. He termed the terror attacks in Kathua and Samba as a "conspiracy" to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan.
Mr Sayeed's comments came in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly days after the attacks in Kathua and Samba. He said the people of Jammu and Kashmir have a strong resolve and that terrorist attacks would not deter them.
"We have a strong will, a strong resolve to control to fight terrorism. If they (the Pakistan establishment) want peace then they have to control them (the terrorists)," he told the Assembly, after opposition parties created a ruckus demanding that the question hour be adjourned.
When questioned on why he had on Friday used the phrase 'non-state actors' to refer to the terrorists from Pakistan, Mr Sayeed said, "Those who attack churches, those who attacked Pesahwar, Lakhvi, what are they?"
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