FO summons Indian DHC over baseless allegations

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia and lodged strong protest over baseless allegations made by India.

The foreign office has rejected unfounded allegations of India on Pakistan in the aftermath of a suicide attack in the Occupied Kashmir.

Earlier, Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria left Islamabad. 

“Pakistan strongly rejects the Indian government’s allegations. Jaish-e-Muhammad is a proscribed outfit and has no links with Pakistan. The alleged attackers belonged to the area under Indian occupation,” it said.

Earlier, FO spokesperson Dr. Muhammad Faisal said “the attack in Pulwama district of Indian occupied Kashmir “is a matter of grave concern.”

He said Pakistan has always condemned heightened acts of violence in the valley.

“We strongly reject any insinuation by elements in Indian government and media circles that seek to link the attack to State of Pakistan without investigations,” the spokesperson asserted.

India has withdrawn most favored nation status to Pakistan after blaming Islamabad for the Pulwma attack.

This was announced by India’s Union Minister Arun Jaitley after a security meeting in New Delhi that was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Jaitley said the government has also decided to take all possible diplomatic steps in an effort to isolate Pakistan internationally despite its failures in such efforts in the past.