Friday, July 20, 2007

Pakistan claims Indian links to Lal majid

CNN-IBN has a news story in which Pakistan has claimed that there are links between the Indian diplomats stationed in Islamabad and Afghanistan and the anti-militant operations at Lal Masjid. They quote sources from two pakistani newspapers "The Nation" and "The News".
The Nation quoted a Pakistani official as claiming that Pakistani security agencies had “found a passport of Indian origin from Lal Masjid after completion of the operation.”
The Nation also quoted an unnamed official as claiming that "the investigators have gathered 'rock-hard' proof about involvement of the neighbouring country in the anti-Army attacks in Pakistan.”

The News, quoted unnamed officials to suggest that "Indian diplomats have suddenly become more active and started meeting different government officials, politicians and lawyers secretly after March 9.”

"Two Indian embassy diplomats were seen hobnobbing with some senior officials (not judges) of the Supreme Court on June 14 this year.


I searched The Nation website but could not find the links to the above quotes. The News had this small item on this
As usual in Pakistan, there has also been speculation about the involvement of the intelligence services of the country’s bitter rival India in several of the attacks. Improving ties between China and India in recent years have worried Islamabad, despite a three-year-old peace process between India and Pakistan, and Pakistan has openly accused India of fomenting unrest in Balochistan

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