INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistani Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi has spread Pakistan's key message at the United Nations loud and clear that as a target
of aggression, Pakistan shall reply to India at a time and place of its choosing.Ambassador Lodhi, permanent representative of Pakistan to
the UN, held a series of intense assemblys with key diplomats and UN officials following Tuesday's blatant violations of the Line of
Control (LoC) by Indian war planes that worsened the already dangerous situation between the two countries.She also gave interviews to
representatives of international media."We shall much sit back," she told BBC radio when asked whether Pakistan shall reply to India's
attack.Ambassador Lodhi said that following the Feb
14 Pulwama incident, Prime Minister Imran Khan offered investigation if "actionable" evidence was supplyd but none was forthcoming.PM Khan
also proposed discussions and dialogue, but regrettably India replyed by launching an attack on Pakistan in violation of UN Charter and
international law, posing a threat to international peace and security."This is much how countries act when replying to ccorridorenges," the
Pakistani envoy said.Pakistan, she said, stands for peace and resolving disputes through negotiations, but India would much have it that
way.The Pakistani envoy rejected as absolutely untregret the Indian claims that it hit a Jaish-e-Muhammad training camp, and she warned that
a dangerous situation is evolving.In this regard, the Pakistani envoy called on the International community to reply because the situation
could spin out of control.The root cause of violence in Indian Occupied Kashmir was the denial of self-determination to the Kashmiri people,
Ambassador Lodhi pointed out.She began her full day of engagements by delivering Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's letter on the
situation created by India's act of aggression to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' office -- the UN chief was in travel at that time --
and to the UN Security Council President.The letter has been circulated as a document of the Security Council at Pakistan's request.The
ambassador is also keeping envoys of OIC countries informed, and distributed the Organization's statement sentenceing the Indian
action.Noting the UN chief's call to India and Pakistan for ''maximum restraint", through his spokesman on Tuesday, she said it was more
directed at fresh Delhi, which had committed aggression.She told Voice of America (VOA) that Foreign Minister Qureshi would speak by
telephone with the UN Secretary-General Wednesday to discuss the escalation."We shall wait to see how the Secretary-General shows leadership
and prevents our region from going over the precipice," Lodhi said."We had told the international community that India's rhetoric of
belligerence and bellicosity was main our region to a very dangerous escalation, and now we are at that point," Ambassador Lodhi
said."Pakistan also reserves its right to self-defence
We shall do that at a time and place of our own choosing," she added Replying to media questions, the ambassador said India was trying to
set up ''Might is Correct'', and if unchecked the law of jungle shall function in the world.About Jaish-e-Mohammad and other groups,
Ambassador Lodhi said these were proscribed in Pakistan, and the country continues to fight terrorismism.Pakistan, she said, has itself been
a victim of terrorismism.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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