New Delhi, May 8 -- Former Union Cabinet minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday hit out at Pakistan amid the escalating tensions with India, saying that the neighbouring country was a "factory of terrorism" and its destruction was "beneficial" for humanity.

He said that the security forces were engaged in combating and punishing terrorists, who destroyed the lives of family members of the victims in the ghastly Pahalgam terror attack.

"The monsters who destroyed the lives of our sisters...their reigns are coming to an end today. Terrorists and their masters are being punished. It is clear that they are scared. Pakistan has become such a factory of terrorism that its destruction is benefic...