Pakistan has strongly rejected all references and insinuations by theIndian leadership directed against Islamabad at the so-called ‘No Money forTerror’ ministerial meeting held in New Delhi.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement released in Islamabad onMonday, said that guided by its incorrigible and incurable desire to malignPakistan at every available forum, India continued to mislead the worldabout Pakistan’s counter-terrorism credentials by repeatedly levellingfalse accusations of Pakistan’s alleged involvement in financing ofproscribed terrorist organizations.
The statement said India’s hollow rhetoric has fallen flat in the face ofPakistan’s successful counterterrorism measures, which have been accordeddue recognition and acknowledgement from the premier international body oncounterterrorism, anti-money laundering and terror financing, i.e. theFinancial Action Task Force (FATF). Our robust and credible AML/CFTactions, and satisfactory implementation of FATF Action Plans duly securedPakistan’s successful removal off the Grey List, this October.
Regrettably, India is continuing its relentless terror campaign in theIndian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK). There is nojustification for India’s state-sponsored terrorism in IIOJK, where itssecurity forces terrorize, torment and torture innocent Kashmiris withimpunity, every day.
Most deplorably, India has been harboring and protecting terrorists fordecades. In 2019, it acquitted Swami Aseemanand, the main character of the2007 Samjhauta Express blast that killed 43 Pakistani citizens on theIndian soil. Earlier this year, the Indian courts released 11 convicts ofthe Bilkis Bano gang-rape case during the 2002 Godhra riots in Gujarat.Similarly, during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks trial, India deliberatelywithheld witnesses and credible evidence from Pakistani courts, despiterepeated requests over the last fourteen years, only to drag and perpetuatethe case to serve its sinister political agenda.
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India’s involvement in inciting terrorism inside Pakistan is widelyestablished and documented. In November 2020, Pakistan had released acomprehensive dossier providing evidence of India’s involvement insubversive activities in Pakistan. The convicted, serving, Indian Navalcommander Kulbhushan Yadav is undeniable proof of India’s directinvolvement in sabotage and terror. Indian links to TTP and other elementsinimical to Pakistan inside Afghanistan are also well known.
Pakistan urges upon international community to hold India accountable forits actions in IIOJK, its patronage of terrorist entities and for fomentingterror in neighboring countries. India is also advised to immediatelyreform and rectify its own credentials on terrorism and desist fromshamelessly levelingfalse accusations against Pakistan for selfishpolitical interests.
