Swarup said the capture of Ali and his consequent confessions were proof of Pakistan’s continued involvement in cross border terrorism and infiltration.
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“We are prepared to grant the Pakistan High Commission consular access to Bahadur Ali”, the MEA demarche said.
Aziz also said Pakistan was ready for an agreement with India on a bilateral moratorium on nuclear testing, according to a report by news agency Press Trust of India from Pakistan.
Apprehending that the unrest in Kashmir may turn a diplomatic headache in coming days, India has alerted its missions and is in touch with important interlocutors world over to explain the situation and highlight that unrest was not indigenous, but encouraged by Pakistan and terrorist groups.
On Friday, Aziz said the 1-3 August Pakistan envoys conference spent considerable time on the “grim situation” in Kashmir – a reference to the unrest in Indian Kashmir that New Delhi says is fomented by Pakistan.
“It has also been emphasized to our worldwide interlocutors that Indian security forces exercised extraordinary restraint, as evident in injury to over 3780 security personnel in mob attacks during violent protests in Jammu & Kashmir”.
Massive protests erupted in held Kashmir after the killing of a popular Kashmiri separatist leader Burhan Wani, followed by deaths of at least 60 protesters at the hands of Indian forces.
Modi said that his government was committed to national security, but there can not be any compromise with the country’s regional integrity.
Without this, Pakistan and India won’t be able to engage with each other to resolve their disputes, the Daily Times said in an editorial.
“Pakistan now stands completely exposed”.
He said that the matter of issuing a visa to American citizen Mathew Barett by Pakistani Consulate in Boston was under investigation and Foreign Office and Ministry of Interior were in contact in this regard. In a response to a question he said that nearly the entire worldwide community condemned Quetta terrorist attack.
During the meeting convened today, suggestions were made by political parties to start the dialogue process with the stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir.
Kumar further said the articles seized during Ali’s arrest explain that the LeT operative was trained by masters of the field.
Modi’s aides said, as assured by Singh, the security forces have been advised to act with utmost restraint and curfew will relaxed in several parts of the state as early as possible.
The home minister said he had called up National Conference leader Omar Abdullah to invite him to the meeting, but the former chief minister expressed his inability citing time constraints.
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The government’s efforts include reaching out to the civil society and speed up measures to integrate Kashmir’s youth with the state’s economic activities.
