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ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Terrorism-tainted Pakistan’s foreign office attempted on Wednesday another hatchet job on India, latching onto Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s allegation about Indian agents’ involvement in pro-Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar‘s killing as an indication of New Delhi’s “network of extra-territorial killings” going global.
Foreign office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Nijjar’s “assassination” on Canadian soil last June was “a clear violation of international law and the UN principle of state sovereignty”.
“It is also a reckless and irresponsible act that calls into question India’s reliability as a credible international partner and its claims for enhanced global responsibilities,” she said at the presser in Islamabad.
Several current and former foreign ministry officials of Pakistan have joined in the tirade against India since Trudeau’s claim of “credible” but unsubstantiated allegations about New Delhi’s involvement in Nijjar’s killing sparked a bilateral crisis.
Baloch officially slamming India based on those very accusations comes against the backdrop of Pakistan’s dubious record of sponsoring terrorism, which kept it on terror financing watchdog FATF’s infamous grey list for four years until October last year.
“The Indian intelligence agency RAW had been actively involved in abductions and assassinations in South Asia. Pakistan remained the target of a series of targeted killings and espionage by RAW,” she said.
“In December last year, Pakistan released a comprehensive dossier providing concrete and irrefutable evidence of India’s involvement in the Lahore attack of June 2021. The attack was planned and executed by Indian intelligence.”
Baloch said that in 2016, “Indian military officer Kulbhushan Jadhav confessed to his involvement in directing, financing and executing terror and sabotage in Pakistan”.
Foreign secretary Syrus Qazi said in New York that Pakistan wasn’t surprised by the Canadian accusation, and that the world must recognise the ways of the country it considers “a supposedly indispensable ally”.
Qazi’s remarks came during a presser on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s 78th session. “We are aware of the nature of our eastern neighbour; we know what they are capable of… so it is not a surprise for us,” he said.
“There must be some truth to the Canadian PM’s allegation, that’s why he has levelled it.”
On Tuesday, former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari called for the international community to accept that India had become “a rogue Hindutva terrorist state”.
Foreign office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Nijjar’s “assassination” on Canadian soil last June was “a clear violation of international law and the UN principle of state sovereignty”.
“It is also a reckless and irresponsible act that calls into question India’s reliability as a credible international partner and its claims for enhanced global responsibilities,” she said at the presser in Islamabad.
Several current and former foreign ministry officials of Pakistan have joined in the tirade against India since Trudeau’s claim of “credible” but unsubstantiated allegations about New Delhi’s involvement in Nijjar’s killing sparked a bilateral crisis.
Baloch officially slamming India based on those very accusations comes against the backdrop of Pakistan’s dubious record of sponsoring terrorism, which kept it on terror financing watchdog FATF’s infamous grey list for four years until October last year.
“The Indian intelligence agency RAW had been actively involved in abductions and assassinations in South Asia. Pakistan remained the target of a series of targeted killings and espionage by RAW,” she said.
“In December last year, Pakistan released a comprehensive dossier providing concrete and irrefutable evidence of India’s involvement in the Lahore attack of June 2021. The attack was planned and executed by Indian intelligence.”
Baloch said that in 2016, “Indian military officer Kulbhushan Jadhav confessed to his involvement in directing, financing and executing terror and sabotage in Pakistan”.
Foreign secretary Syrus Qazi said in New York that Pakistan wasn’t surprised by the Canadian accusation, and that the world must recognise the ways of the country it considers “a supposedly indispensable ally”.
Qazi’s remarks came during a presser on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s 78th session. “We are aware of the nature of our eastern neighbour; we know what they are capable of… so it is not a surprise for us,” he said.
“There must be some truth to the Canadian PM’s allegation, that’s why he has levelled it.”
On Tuesday, former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari called for the international community to accept that India had become “a rogue Hindutva terrorist state”.
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