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Pakistan FM Bilawal Bhutto Zardari describes his India visit as a 'success

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  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said his visit to Goa was a "success" as he advocated his country's case on the soil of India. His remarks came hours after his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar accused him of being a "promoter, justifier and a spokesperson of a terror industry." Addressing a press conference after his return from Goa where he attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting, Bhutto Zardari said his trip to India was a “success” as it helped to negate the view that every Muslim was a terrorist. “We made an attempt at breaking this myth,” Bhutto Zardari said. Jaishankar mounted an offensive against Bhutto Zardari in his address at the SCO meeting, contending Pakistan foreign minister's statement that terrorism shouldn't be "weaponised for diplomatic point-scoring", in remarks seen as directed at India. Hours later at a press conference, Jai