PM Narendra Modi a 'terrorist', RSS 'terrorist organisation': Pak FM Khawaja Asif

Days after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj hit out at Pakistan over terrorism in her speech at UN General Assembly, Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi a 'terrorist, who has the blood of Muslims on his hands'.

"Sushma Swaraj has accused us (Pakistan) of exporting terrorism. (However) one terrorist (in India) is the country's prime minister himself," Asif said in an interview to Hamid Mir of Geo News.

India is being 'ruled by a terrorist party' - the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh)," he added.

Earlier,  Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi accused India of sponsoring terrorism in various parts of her country. and termed India as the 'mother of terrorism' in South Asia.

During her speech, Swaraj slammed Pakistan for creating terror groups. “While India made institutes such as IIT, IIM, and AIIMS, Pakistan created terror groups such as LeT, JeM, Hizbul Mujahideen, and the Haqqani Network. The reality is that Pakistan’s politicians remember everything, manipulate memory according to convenience. They are masters at forgetting facts that destroy their version,” she said.

Swaraj also asked Pakistani leaders to introspect as to why India is recognised as a global IT superpower while the neighbour is infamous as the "pre-eminent export factory for terror".

Swaraj had said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered the hand of peace and friendship since he assumed office. "Pakistan's Prime Minister must answer why his nation spurned this offer," she had said.

Swaraj reminded Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi that in December 2015, when she was in Islamabad, a decision was made by then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that dialogue between India and Pakistan should be renewed and named it a "Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue".