Times of Islamabad

Pakistan foils Indian attempt to link Masood Azhar with Pulwama Attack

Pakistan foils Indian attempt to link Masood Azhar with Pulwama Attack

*ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has foiled Indian attempt to link Masood Azhar withthe Pulwama incident, said Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisalduring a press conference on Wednesday.*

He said that unarmed Kashmiris were being attacked with pellet guns.“Indian is committing violations of human rights in Occupied Valley,” hesaid.

The Foreign Office spokesperson said that Pakistan will continue moralsupport of the Kashmiris. “

He said that Pakistan had always respected the technical matters of theUnited Nations Security Council (UNSC). “Pakistan has always opposed Indianattempt to link Kashmiris’ struggle for self-determination with terrorism,”he said.

Dr Muhammad Faisal said that the Indian media had aired news based onpropaganda and tried to link the self-determination to terrorism. “Pakistanhas always foiled Indian attempt. Pakistan is against terrorism.”

He said that there is no place for the banned and terrorist organizationsin Pakistan. “India is declaring inclusion of the name of Masood Azhar theUNSC sanctions list as its victory. India had tried to link Masood Azharwith Kashmir five times and Pakistan had opposed it. Now India haswithdrawn the allegation against Masood Azhar with regard to Kashmir,” hesaid.

Masood Azhar was blacklisted by UNSC sanctions committee after Pakistan andChina dropped their objections to the latest proposal put forward by theUS, UK and France.