Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday rejected as "incomplete and insufficient" the response by by India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in parliament about the "accidental firing" of a missile, and once again demanded a joint probe into the incident.

Addressing a press conference here, Qureshi talked in detail about India's accidental missile launch of March 9 as well as the 48th Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers being hosted by Pakistan on March 22-23.

“What Indian defence minister had said in the Lok Sabha is incomplete and insufficient. It is not enough to satisfy Pakistan. I reject that and demand a joint probe,” he said, reiterating Islamabad's demand made last week.

“This was a highly irresponsible act and the answer given is equally irresponsible,” Qureshi said in the first Pakistani reaction to Singh's detailed statement in Parliament.

Asserting that India's missile system is very reliable and the safety procedures are of the highest order, Defence Minister Singh on Tuesday described the recent accidental missile release as "regrettable". He said a review of standard operations and maintenance was being conducted and any shortcoming if found, will be immediately rectified.

Making a statement in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha on the inadvertent release of a missile during an inspection on March 9, Singh said the government has taken serious note of the incident, and a formal high-level inquiry has been ordered which will determine the exact cause of the incident.

"During routine maintenance and inspection, a missile was accidentally released at around 7 pm. It was later learnt that the missile had landed inside the territory of Pakistan. While this incident is regretted, we are relieved that nobody was hurt due to the accident," Singh said.

The defence minister also said Indian armed forces are well-trained and disciplined and are well experienced in handling such systems.

In his comments, Qureshi lamented that the international community had failed to realise the severity of the Indian missile launch as it was capable of carrying the nuclear warhead and could have resulted in a nuclear conflagration.

"One sided investigation is not enough; its impact could be far beyond the region, because the missile was capable of carrying a warhead. It had this potential (of carrying a warhead) and to say that it was an accident, it is not enough,” he said.

He warned that the missile could have resulted in a reaction.

“There could be an accidental reaction to that accidental launch if our air force had not picked it up well inside India. Do people realise the implication and consequences of that? That is very serious,” he said.

He said that the US State Department spokesperson at a press conference while realising the importance of the issue skirted the question when asked about it and didn't take a clear position.

“Do they realise whom I am addressing (US and rest of the world), that this missile could result in a war between two atomic states? I am not trying to be dramatic about it but it is a realistic assessment,” he said.

In Washington, the State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Monday that the US is of the view that there is no indication that the recent firing of a missile from India which landed in Pakistan was "anything other than accidental."

"We have no indication as you also heard from our Indian partners that this incident was anything other than an accident," Price said in response to a question at his daily news conference.

"We refer you of course to the Indian Ministry of Defence for any follow up. They issued a statement on March 9th to explain precisely what had happened. We don't have a comment beyond that," Price added.

When asked if Pakistan would also respond with an “accidental launch” against India, he said: “We are responsible people and expect India to be responsible.”

Qureshi said that in order to sensitise the international community, he talked with the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the missile issue.

“I am shocked that the media and the world have failed to feel this tremor,” he said.

The foreign minister also said that he addressed a letter to the UN Secretary General and the President of the Security Council and tried to make them aware of their responsibilities that this incident happened and the silence by the world.

Qureshi also repeated the same questions posed by Pakistan's Foreign Office on Saturday on the Indian missile launch and asked New Delhi to respond to it.

Qureshi said India must explain the measures and procedures to prevent accidental missile launching and particularly the circumstances of the March 9 incident.

India needs to clearly explain the type and specifications of the missile that fell in Pakistani territory. India also needs to explain the flight path of the accidentally launched missile and how it ultimately turned and entered Pakistan, he said.

The foreign minister said Pakistan wanted to know if the missile was equipped with a self-destruct mechanism and why it failed to actualize.

He said Pakistan also wanted to know if the Indian missiles are kept ready for launching even under routine maintenance.

Islamabad also wanted to know why New Delhi failed to inform Pakistan immediately about the accidental launch of the missile and waited to acknowledge until Pakistan announced the incident and sought clarification.

He also said that India needs to explain if the missile was indeed handled by its armed forces or some "rogue elements".

“These are very very pertinent questions. I expect that the UN SC and the UN Forum will let us know about this and guide us on this issue,” Qureshi said.

On the upcoming OIC meeting, he said that its Contact Group on Kashmir would meet on the sidelines to review the existing situation in Kashmir.

India has previously rejected OIC's locus standi and said the organisation  continues to be hijacked by vested interests to further their nefarious propaganda against India.

Qureshi said that the OIC also want to come up with joint stance on Islamophobia and issue of veil by Muslim women.

He said that the 48the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers meeting coincides with the 75th independence celebrations of the country and so far confirmation of 48 minister level participation have been made.