India trying to divert world attention from grim tragedy in Kashmir: Pakistan on Modi's I-Day speech

"Thousands of unarmed youth are protesting every day for their right of self determination. More than 70 innocent Kashmiris have been killed and more than 6000 injured," read a statement issued by the Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"There is constant curfew and complete media blackout for the past 37 days," it said.

"These events have nothing to do with terrorism. It is an indigenous movement for self determination, a right promised to the Kashmiris by the UN Security Council," it said.

"Prime Minister Modi's reference to Balochistan, which is an integral part of Pakistan, only proves Pakistan's contention that India through its main intelligence agency RAW, has been fomenting terrorism in Balochistan," it said.

"This, Mr. Aziz added, was also confirmed by the public confession of RAW's active service Naval Officer, Kulbhushan Yadav in March this year," read the statement.

"India is a large country, in fact the second largest in the world and this must be acknowledged, but a large country does not automatically become a great country, specially when it unleashes such brute force against innocent citizens to suppress their right to protest or when it deliberately uses pallet guns to permanently destroy the eye sight of over 100 youth," the statement further said.

India should recognize that the core issue of Kashmir cannot be resolved by bullets, Aziz said attacking India.

"It requires a political solution, through serious negotiations between India and Pakistan," Aziz said.

The verbal battle sparked off as Prime Minister Modi , in his Independence Day speech in New Delhi on Monday, clearly slammed Pakistan and said there is a difference between those people who were brought up under the influence of humanism and those who reward terrorism.

Addressing the nation from the Red Fort, Modi said when innocent kids were killed in the Peshawar school attack, every child in India felt the shock of the massacre, but on the other hand in the neighbouring country, "terrorism is being glorified."

Without naming Pakistan, Modi slammed: "When innocent people are killed in terrorist attacks, there are celebrations. What kind of life is this which is inspired by terrorism?"

"How governments are formed through inspiration of terrorism. The world will understand this difference clearly. That is enough for me," said he.

Modi said that people of Balochistan, Gilgit, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir have thanked him for drawing attention to their troubles.

"In the last few days, people of Balochistan, Gilgit, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir have thanked me, have expressed gratitude, and expressed good wishes for me," the PM said.

"The people who are living far away, whom I have never seen, never met - such people have expressed appreciation for Prime Minister of India, for 125 crore countrymen. This is an honour for our countrymen," he said.