Simran Sodhi

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 9

India today hit out at Pakistan for glorifying slain Kashmiri terrorist Burhan Wani on his death anniversary. The Pakistan establishment, starting from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif onwards, has played the Burhan Wani card and called him an inspiration for the freedom struggle of Kashmir.“The blood rendered by Burhan Muzaffar Wani has infused a new spirit in the freedom movement. The Kashmiri people are steadfast to take their movement to logical conclusion,” Pakistan PM Sharif said on Saturday.Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted in response to an earlier tweet which mentioned Pakistan army chief praising Burhan Wani.“First Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson read from banned LeT’s script. Now Pakistan’s COAS glorifies Burhan Wani. Pakistan’s terror support and sponsorship needs to be condemned by one and all,” Baglay said.He was referring to the tweets of Pakistan army spokesperson Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, who said army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa had reportedly eulogised Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani on July 8, the day he was killed in an encounter with Indian security forces in Kashmir last year.“Kashmiris have right of self-determination. Sacrifices of Burhan Wani and generations against Indian atrocities are a testimony of their resolve,” Ghafoor had tweeted quoting Gen Bajwa on Saturday.Statements from Pakistan come in the backdrop of the US recently designating Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin as a global terrorist.