Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has faced backlash from the country's senators for his recent statement about the Mumbai attacks. Sharif in an interview with the Dawn newspaper had said last week, "Militant organisations are active. Branding Nawaz Sharif's remark as an "irresponsible", senators demanded that he apologise to the nation and retract his statement, Dawn reported. In a new twist, Sharif reportedly told Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi that he did not make comments on Pakistan's role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and said he was "misquoted". "The statements attributed to Sharif are factually incorrect and are being presented in a wrong light by the Indian media.

Source: dna May 15, 2018 06:22 UTC