Pakistan on Thursday accused India of covertly supplying weapons to “militants and terrorists” in its Balochistan province from Afghanistan.
Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir told reporters here that there was “clear evidence of (Indian) activities prejudicial to Pakistan’s security being undertaken from foreign soil, including efforts at destabilization, supply of weapons to militants and terrorists”.
“We have ample evidence, including photographic evidence, of these activities.”
Pakistan accuses India of using Afghanistan as a base to support insurgents in Balochistan. New Delhi denies the charge. Hindustan Times. India supplies weapons to Pakistani terrorists: Bashir. Indo-Asian News Service
Pakistan has “solid evidence” of India’s alleged involvement in fomenting unrest in Balochistan province and the government is taking up this matter diplomatically with its Indian counterpart, Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed on Friday.
Malik made the remarks while talking to the media at the parliament.
“We are not levelling mere allegations against India but we have solid evidence of Indian involvement in Balochistan. The weapons recovered from various areas were Indian-made,” he alleged.
Afghanistan’s soil is being used to destabilise Balochistan and President Hamid Karzai, who visited Pakistan this week, has given a commitment that Afghan soil will not be used against Pakistan, he said.
The Indian government has denied allegations by Pakistani leaders that it is behind the unrest in Pakistan.
Replying to a question, Malik said no targeted killings were being carried out in Karachi but there was a “conspiracy to pitch religious groups against each other”.
He warned banned sectarian groups not to mar the peaceful atmosphere of Karachi, saying stern action would be taken against them.
Lauding efforts by clerics of different schools of thought to foil the “conspiracy” hatched by anti-state elements, he said, “We have intelligence information that money has been disbursed to pitch religious groups against one other. Press Trust Of India. Pak has evidence of India’s link to Balochistan’s unrest: Malik
The recent issues in Lahore and Pakistan have the following data points. The world seems to have agreed the Pakistani point of view.
- The Pakistani Intelligence agencies had warned government of the Punjab of impending attacks. The Punjab government did not take it seriously enough.
- Attackers may look like Pakistani in origin, but are financed and armed by Bharat.
- The terrorists may have been made to look like Pakistani–but they are following Bharat’s agenda.
- Weapons and explosives are being smuggled into Pakistan both across the Punjab border with Bharat as well as from Afghanistan.
- Suicide vests cost 5-6 lakhs each. Ordinary persons cannot purchase them. This has to be a large financial organization supporting terror. The terrorists are being financed by Bharat.
- There is positive proof of Bharati involvement. Suicide vests seized by the intelligence agencies show explosives or chemicals that in this region are available only from India.
- The timing of the attacks – Friday, during prayers, and the brutal neglect of children, women, innocent lives shows that Bharat is involved, and that Bharat is choosing the target and time.
- The motive of the attacks is to spoil the reputation of the Pakistani army and security forces.
- After at Brussels, the world praised Pakistani forces for their successes in Swat and Waziristan, Bharat was bothered by this and decided to make the world have reduced confidence in the Pakistani army.
- That explains why the blasts are occurring at this time.
