Pathankot attack: Congress hits out at Musharraf for accusing India of 'over-reacting'

New Delhi Hitting out at former Pakistan President General retired Pervez Musharrafs controversial statement on the Pathankot attack the Congress Party on Tuesday asked him whether he was making statements as the spokesperson of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif or as a leader who is holding any position in the Pakistan GovernmentPervez Musharraf should be asked on what grounds he is making such statements Is he making statements as the spokesperson of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif or as a leader who is holding any position in the Pakistan Government Congress leader PL Punia told ANISlamming Islamabad for not taking action against the perpetrators of Pathankot attack Punia further said that the Pakistan Government was under the pressure of the army ISI and the nonstate actorsMeanwhile reports have emerged that Pakistan has rejected the evidence provided by India in the Pathankot attack and has denied the credibility of the proofs This move by Pakistan comes as a huge setback after the assurance given by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of a fair probe in the matterEarlier in an interview to a Pakistani news channel Musharraf has called on India to not overreact to the terror strike on the Pathankot IAF base saying that both nations were victims of extremism and also accused New Delhi of creating pressure on Islamabad over terrorismMusharraf said that terrorism was prevalent in both India and Pakistan due to which incidents like Pathankot would keep happening Terrorism is prevalent in both India and Pakistan We are also victims of the same so we should not over react to what happened in Pathankot Yes of course we want to control such incidents but one should get hyper over such incidents Musharraf saidIndias first reaction to every terrorist attack is Pakistan but India is not free of terrorism or extremism themselves he added Accusing New Delhi of creating pressure on Islamabad when it came to terror attacks the former President alleged that terrorism and extremism was quite prevalent in India as wellIndia simply cant create pressure on Pakistan when it comes to terrorism We may be a small country but we have honour of our own There are lots of areas in India where extremism is rampant India always treats terrorism as a onesided issue and that infuriates me They cant just bulldoze us when something happens there Musharraf saidHe also said that there was a lot of disgruntlement among the Muslim community in India since Prime Minister Modi came to power Comparing the Prime Ministers leadership with that of his former counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee he added that ties between India and Pakistan had flourished under the latter as he was more sincere in his approachI interacted with Vajpayee sahab and at the time we had very good ties with India It all comes down to leadership in the end We were moving forward with him and Manmohan sahab Unfortunately its not working under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi His popularity has dampened post his loss in Delhi and Bihar Musharraf saidVajapayee and Manmohan were more sincere when it came to resolving dispute A good leader is always flexible Things cant work out if you are hellbent on your own stand he added Downplaying Prime Minister Modis recent visit to Islamabad he added that it was just a case of showmanship and there was nothing substantial about his visitI know what he said in Afghanistan He arrived here after badmouthing Pakistan there What kind of attitude is that Badmouthing us when it comes to something substantial and then showing off by coming here So I dont place much importance to his visit I simply look at the substance which is missing the former President said