Behave or face consequences: Amarinder warns Pakistan against fomenting trouble in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday warned Pakistan of consequences if it tries to destabilise his state, PTI reported. He said the neighbouring country had its own problems, “but I won’t let them make their problems my problem”. Singh was speaking on the first day of the Progressive Punjab Investors Summit 2019 in Mohali.

Singh claimed that in the last two years, his government had busted 28 terror modules and arrested over 100 terrorists backed by Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence. He said he would not “let them mess around with us”, and gave Pakistan and “anti-social elements” within the state a stern warning: “Behave, or else be prepared for the consequences.”

The chief minister said he believed that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wanted peace but it is the Army that calls the shots in an effort to stay relevant. “But they have to understand that they and their country are doomed if they do not change their ways,” he said. “The Pakistan Army will have to ‘play ball’ if they have to feed their people and save their country.”