Mumbai attacks: Sherry blames Nawaz for backing Modi's stance

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader and Opposition leader in Senate Sherry Rehman on Sunday slammed Nawaz Sharif for his recent remarks regarding the Mumbai attacks and said he seems to have supported the Indian Prime Minister Modi's stance.
Addressing a press conference at Bilawal House, Sherry blamed Nawaz saying it was irresponsible, self-serving and damaging statement." "Former prime minister's statement compromised Pakistan's narrative in the war against terrorism. He must retract his remarks," she urged. She said PPP rejected Nawaz Sharif's statement and stance [on Mumbai attacks]. Is he [Nawaz] an analyst that he's giving out such statements," she questioned.
Nawaz, in a recent interview to a local newspaper, had said: "Militant organisations are active. Call them non-state actors, should we allow them to cross the border and kill 150 people in Mumbai? Explain it to me. Why can't we complete the trial?"
Sherry alleged that his remarks were played up by the Indian media as an admission of Pakistan's involvement in the terrorist attacks, even though similar questions and statements have been raised from civilian and security officials in Pakistan earlier. Rehman said questions were being raised all around the world following Nawaz's remarks. "Why didn't Nawaz also say that Pakistan tried [very] hard to cooperate with India in the Mumbai trials?" she asked, vowing that they (PPP/Opposition) would not allow Pakistan's honour to be violated and its narrative to be compromised.
She said Pakistan is fighting the war against terrorism alone and Armed Forces and nation have given [countless] sacrifices in this war. She said terrorism is a global issue, not just one country's. Sherry asserted that PPP would fight for Pakistan's case. She said PPP wants the Mumbai trials to be taken to their logical conclusion and the perpetrators to be punished. She recalled that Pakistan has tried to cooperate with India in the case from the beginning.
She referred that the United States also said Pakistan had no role in the Mumbai attacks. "Nawaz thinks he has no immunity. He is leading a major party yet [he] thinks only about himself," she lamented. Sherry called for appointment of a full-fledged Foreign Minister, saying it is regrettable that the country did not have a foreign minister.