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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Pakistan warns US, India against covert operations

Islamabad : Pakistan Thursday warned the US and India against any further covert operation in Pakistani territory, saying this would lead to a 'terrible catastrophe'.
Admitting that the US assault that killed Osama bin Laden did achieve 'important results', Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir told the media: 'This cannot be taken as a rule.'
'There should be no doubt that Pakistan has a capacity to ensure its own defence,' he said.
In an apparent reference to India, Bashir said: 'Any other country that would ever act (similarly) on the assumption that it has the might ... will find it has made a basic miscalculation.'
He added: 'We see a lot of bravado in our region... from the military, air force, which state that this can be repeated.
'We feel that sort of misadventure or miscalculation will result in a catastrophe.' IANS