New Delhi, July 5 -- India on Saturday hit back at Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif over his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving Seychelles' "Guardian of the Blue Horizon" Presidential Distinction, saying he was "mentally unstable" and makes "silly comments" on matters he had little knowledge of.

The sources in the government said Khawaja Asif being mentally unstable is a "known fact".

"That he could be entrusted with his current responsibility says much about today's Pakistan. Clearly, he has no day job and passes time by making silly comments on matters of which he has little knowledge. Envy is always a bad motivation, particularly so from someone steeped in hate speech," government sources added.

The response cam...