‘Osama bin Laden is dead but …’: Pakistan Foreign Minister responds to Jaishankar

Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar’s ‘Osama bin Laden’ remark.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 16, 2022 12:23 PM IST

Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at UN Security Council.

By India Today Web Desk: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari responded to External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar’s “Hosting Osama Bin Laden” comment at the UN Security Council on Friday.

“I want to tell India that Osama bin Laden is dead, but the butcher of Gujarat lives and he is the Prime Minister of India,” Pakistan Foreign Minister Bhutto said.

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“He (PM Modi) was banned from entering this country until he became the Prime Minister. This is the Prime Minister of the RSS and the Foreign Minister of the RSS. What is the RSS? The RSS takes inspiration from Hitler’s ‘SS’,” the Pak minister added.

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar, on Thursday, in a veiled attack on Pakistan, said state sponsorship of cross-border terrorism should never be justified as the world regards it as unacceptable and mentioned the attack on the Indian Parliament and “hosting” of Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden by Pakistan.

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Jaishankar presided over the ‘UNSC Briefing: Global Counterterrorism Approach: Challenges and Way Forward’

The Delhi BJP has planned to stage a protest at the Pakistan embassy at 3 pm today against the objectionable comment of Bilawal Bhutto for PM Modi.