No linkage of Indian ‘dossier’ found with Pulwama incident: FO

28 Mar, 2019

Speaking at his weekly media briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Doctor Mohammad Faisal, however, reiterated Pakistan’s readiness to move on if specific action evidence is provided.

He said that the information provided by the Indian side on February 27 and the allegations, therein, were investigated thoroughly.

“No linkage [of the dossier] has been found with the Pulwama incident”, he said, adding, “we have informed Indian side that we are ready to cooperate if they have any actionable intelligence/evidence that would sustain and clear the threshold of Pakistani courts, we are ready to work on that”, he said.

“But at the movement, with the available information, we can’t, as there is nothing that could link the people, mentioned in the dossier, with Pulwama incident”, he added.

He said that the Indian side has mentioned about 93 names in the dossier, besides some phone numbers. “No linkage could be found of these phone numbers with Pulwama events”, he asserted.

He reiterated that Pakistan needs more information from Indian side to further the investigation. “We ready to cooperate in a very transparent manner if there is any information and evidence, they need to share with us and we will move on”, he added.

On the Jaish Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, the spokesperson said that ‘the dossier does not claim any linkage of Masood Azhar with the Pulwama incident’.

India, on February 27, had handed over a dossier to Pakistan’s Acting High Commissioner in New Delhi with regard to the alleged involvement of JeM in the February 14 Pulwama incident in which more than 40 Indian paramilitary troops were killed in a suicide attack.

To a question, Faisal said that the diplomatic community has also been given a comprehensive briefing on the investigation into the dossier provided India.

Responding another query with regard to media reports that Pakistan may open Sharda Temple corridor for Indian Hindu pilgrims, the spokesperson that no decision has been taken as yet to open the corridor, adding that a ‘positive’ environment is required to move forward on such initiatives.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019

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