New Delhi, March 25 India categorically rejected Pakistan's condemnation of the life sentence handed to Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi on Wednesday, and said that Islamabad should introspect on its systematic human rights violations instead of promoting "frivolous" narratives.
A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced Andrabi, the chief of the banned Dukhtaran-e-Millat, to life imprisonment, and gave 30-year prison terms to her two associates for conspiring to commit a crime against the State.
Pakistan's foreign ministry on Wednesday condemned the prison terms given to the three women and described Andrabi as a "vocal advocate for the Kashmir cause".
"We categorically reject the statement issued by Pakistan in support of a banned terrorist organization and its members," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
"Pakistan has no locus standi to comment on matters internal to India or its judicial processes. However, one is not surprised that a country, which has long been sponsoring terrorism, has come up with such a statement condoning violence and the killing of innocent people," he said.
"Instead of peddling lies and frivolous narratives, Pakistan should introspect on the grave and systematic human rights violations it continues to perpetrate," Jaiswal said.
