Pakistan Prime Minister will raise the issue of alleged Indian involvement by its spy agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), in its territory in the United Nations, said their National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz.
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Quoting sources, the Indian media reported that the security advisers – during their meeting scheduled in New Delhi for August 23 and 24 – were expected to raise the issue of the Samjauta Express blasts case and ceasefire violations which Pakistan has been raising besides recent Punjab terror attack.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) meeting on July 10 in Ufa where both sides agreed to have a series of meetings including one between the national security advisers to discuss all issues related to terrorism.
This past week, New Delhi said it had proof that Pakistani nationals were involved in the Gurdaspur attack.
“Pakistan is capable of defending its national interest and would do whatever it deems essential”, a senior diplomat said in a veiled reference to plans to expose Indian actions against Pakistan in the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting.
Despite the attack, sources in the Indian government say that there is no visible support of the Pakistan government in it, and have confirmed that the talks with Pakistan are unlikely to be disrupted for now.
India has long been accused of fuelling insurgency in Balochistan and unrest in Karachi. There has been no let up in India’s tirade against Pakistan even though Islamabad vehemently rejected New Delhi’s allegations over the recent Gurduspur incident.
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He, however, said Pakistan has not yet confirmed the proposed meeting and the agenda of the planned talks has also not been fixed yet.
