Pakistan should hand over Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed to India: Rajnath Singh
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday issued a stern warning to Pakistan over its continued support to terrorism, urging the neighbouring country to hand over designated terrorists Masood Azhar and Hafiz Saeed to India.
Singh, addressing naval personnel aboard aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, said, 'Pakistan needs to understand clearly that dangerous game of terrorism that it has been playing since Independence is over now.'
Reiterating India's zero-tolerance stance on terrorism, Singh said the country would use all means available to counter the threat. 'Will use every method against terror that Pak can think of, will also not hesitate to use those which Pak can't even think of,' he declared.
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