India-Pak Conflict, May 10 -- Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that criticising one own government is the hallmark of any open and functioning democracy. Misri slammed Pakistan Army officer's remarks regarding flagging Indians critical remarks against its government comments.

"The Pakistan Army spokesman seems to take great joy at the fact that the Indian public should criticise the government of India with regard to various issues," Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said at a government press conference on Saturday.

Misri's response was to Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the chief of the Pakistan Army's media arm - Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) - who during a press confernece in Islamabad pointed to remarks by severa...