Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday alleged that India was planning a surgical strike against Pakistan, Dawn reported.
Qureshi further said that India was "trying to seek tacit approval" for this strike from "important players who they consider to be their partners".
The Pakistani foreign minister made these remarks while addressing a press conference in Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE, where he is presently on an official visit.
Interestingly, Qureshi said that his information regarding India's plans was "picked up by intelligence".
"An important development has cropped up [...] I've learned through our intelligence forces [...] that India is planning a surgical strike against Pakistan," Qureshi said.
Calling it a "serious development", Qureshi alleged that India was planning an attack on Pakistan to divert attention from "serious internal issues" and as a means to unify divisions in the country.
Qureshi's statement comes days after Pak media reported that the Pakistan Army had been put on high alert fearing another attempt by India to conduct a surgical strike inside Pakistani territory.
