ISLAMABAD, (PTK): Pakistan Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator Rehman Malik on Friday said the Indian spy agency executed the Pulwama attack in a bid to weaken Pakistan’s stance against its spy Kulbhushan Jadhav in the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
“The attack on the Indian army convoy in Pulwama is a conspiracy to help Prime Minister Narendra Modi win the upcoming elections and deflect attention from the trial of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) spy by kicking up anti-Pakistan hysteria,” the former interior minister said while addressing a press conference in Islamabad Ary News reported.
He asked that how a vehicle laden with 350 kg explosives could attack a well-protected army convoy without any inside help.
Meanwhile India slammed Pakistan for stating that it had no role in the Pulwama attack carried out by group JeM, saying Islamabad could not claim that it was unaware of the presence of terror groups on its soil as the links of such outfits to the country were there for everyone to see.
In a tit-for-tat move, Pakistan summoned the Indian deputy high commissioner in Islamabad on February 15 and lodged a protest against India’s allegation of its role in the Pulwama terror attack.
Hitting back at Pakistan, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said: “JeM has claimed responsibility for the attack. The organisation and its leadership are located in Pakistan.”
The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other terror groups had welcomed the news of the attack and those groups were also based in Pakistan, he asserted.
“Pakistan cannot claim that it is unaware of their presence and their activities. They have not taken any action against these groups despite international demands, especially against groups and individuals proscribed by the UN and other countries,” Kumar said.
The links to Pakistan were clear and evident for all to see, he added.
“What we have noticed however, are claims to offer dialogue on one hand, while sponsoring and sheltering terrorists and terrorist organisations such as JeM on the other,” he added.
India demands that Pakistan should take immediate and verifiable action against terrorists and terror groups operating from territories under its control to create a conducive atmosphere in the region, free of terror, Kumar said.
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