S Jaishankar slams Pakistan over terrorism

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday delivered a sharp rebuke of Pakistan, saying that the country is an "exception in our neighbourhood" and stressed that its continued support to terrorism is a "cancer now consuming its own body politic".

Speaking at the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture in Mumbai, Jaishankar stressed that Pakistan’s actions not only harm its neighbours but destabilise the entire subcontinent. "Pakistan is an exception in our neighbourhood, in view of its support to cross-border terrorism. That cancer is now consuming its own body politic. The entire subcontinent has a shared interest in Pakistan abjuring that approach," Jaishankar said.