Pakistan is a “failed state”: LG Manoj Sinha

Jammu and Kashmir should have only one mantra: ‘Do not touch the innocent, but do not spare the guilty’.

STC NEWS DESK
JAMMU, APRIL 18 (STC): Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha calling Pakistan
a “failed state”, blamed it for continuously trying to disturb peace and normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir by sending terrorists to the Union Territory.
“Whenever peace is established here, our neighbour starts having a stomach ache,” Sinha said at a function in Bhaderwah yesterday.
The LG said Pakistan is grappling with its own internal problems. “We all know that it is a failed state. It cannot even provide basic facilities to its citizens. Yet, it continuously tries to disturb peace in Jammu and Kashmir by sending terrorists here,” he said.
“The police and security forces, in coordination with the administration, have launched operations to eliminate terrorism, but Pakistan continues its efforts to disrupt peace in Jammu and Kashmir,”he said.
The LG stressed that without peace, there can be no development. “Some people in society provide shelter to terrorists and facilitate their movement,” he said.
“I want to appeal to them — while maintaining peace is the responsibility of the security forces and the administration, if anyone among you is supporting such elements, it is your duty not to shield them but to inform the police,” he said.
“Until terrorism is completely eradicated, our police personnel, security forces and administration will not rest,” he added.
“In this campaign, I seek your cooperation. I say this repeatedly — Jammu and Kashmir should have only one mantra: ‘Do not touch the innocent, but do not spare the guilty’. I repeat no innocent person should be harmed, but the one who has committed the crime must be punished,” he said.
Earlier, the LG inaugurated a week-long mega surgical camps in Doda and Kishtwar, being organised by Rotary International in collaboration with the district administrations and the department of health and medical education.
The camps, being held at three different locations — Associated Hospital of GMC Doda, District Hospital Kishtwar, and Sub District Hospital Bhaderwah — will witness super-specialty and general surgeries conducted by specialised doctors across various fields.(STC)