Kuala Lumpur: Pakistan on February 25 night said it was "surprised" over the "angry outburst" of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee over its President Pervez Musharraf raising the Kashmir issue at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.

In a written rejoinder to Vajpayee's remarks, Pakistan also took exception to the Prime Minister charging Islamabad with masking territorial designs while referring to Kashmir issue and claimed that Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir should be "no reason for satisfaction".

The "right of reply" was circulated at the NAM conference a day after Vajpayee and Musharraf clashed over the Kashmir issue on the opening day of the NAM summit.

PTI