India blasts Pak :::: Bigger issue is what will India's Sickular club say ???? ‘We are different from Hindus’: Pakistan Army chief Munir rakes up two-nation theory

"How can anything foreign be in a jugular vein? This is a union territory of India. Its only relationship with Pakistan is the vacation of illegally occupied territories by that country," the Ministry of External Affairs said.

"Our forefathers believed that we were different from Hindus in every possible aspect of life, Pak army chief had said. 

Indian Sickular establishment has to break its silence. 

Munir's statements are viewed in Delhi as a way to create some form of support by invoking pride for Pakistan’s establishment and the Army.

He may be too keen for "consolidating support" for him and the Pak army amid political protests and attacks by Baloch rebels. 

The Pak army also had major problems with former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and was seen as a mega fight against army's authority.

"This (Jammu and Kashmir) is a union territory of India. Its only relationship with Pakistan is the vacation of illegally occupied territories by that country," MEA spokesman Randhir Jaiswal told journalists in Delhi.

 

Illegal occupation: India slams Pak Army's 'Kashmir our jugular vein' comment

Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir's 'won't forget it' warning on Jammu and Kashmir drew a sharp reaction from India, with New Delhi urging Pakistan to hand over the 'illegally occupied territories,' referring to Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.

Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir's "won't forget it" warning on Jammu and Kashmir drew a sharp reaction from India, with New Delhi on Thursday stating that the Union Territory is an integral part of the country, while urging Pakistan to hand over the "illegally occupied territories," referring to Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.  

Addressing Pakistanis abroad, Munir had earlier reiterated his country's longstanding claim on Jammu and Kashmir, while defending the two-nation theory that led to the birth of Pakistan in 1947.

“Our stance is absolutely clear, it was our jugular vein, it will be our jugular vein. We will not forget it. We will not leave our Kashmiri brothers in their heroic struggle,” General Munir said at the Convention for Overseas Pakistanis on Wednesday, drawing sharp criticism from Delhi.

Munir went a step ahead and said that the "stark differences between Hindus and Muslims" are what led to the birth of the Islamic Republic.

"Our forefathers believed that we were different from Hindus in every possible aspect of life. 

Our religion is different. Our customs are different. Our traditions are different. Our thoughts are different. Our ambitions are different... 

That was the foundation of the Two-Nation Theory. It was laid on the belief that we are two nations, not one," Munir went on. 

One obvious question is - Has frustration really caught up with Pakistan's military establishment ? 

Otherwise the timing is not quite perfect.  

"Our forefathers have sacrificed immensely, and we have sacrificed a lot for the creation of this country, and we know how to defend it," said Pakistan army chief. 

He added: 

“My dear brothers and sisters and sons and daughters, please don’t forget the story of Pakistan and don’t forget to narrate the story of Pakistan to your next generation, so that their bond with Pakistan never weakens. 

Whether it is the third generation, or the fourth generation, or the fifth generation, they know what Pakistan is for them."