Hardly surprised, says India on Pakistan’s response to Pulwama dossier

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Mar 28, 2019 : Disappointment over Islamabad seeking additional proof on the Pulwama dossier, which contained extensive evidence on JeM’s involvement in the Pulwama attack on February 14 that killed 40 CRPF personnel, Hindustan Times reported.

 

 

“India is disappointed at Pakistan’s response to our detailed dossier on the Jaish-e-Mohammed’s complicity in the cross-border terror attack in Pulwama, the presence of its terror camps and leadership in Pakistan,” said official spokesperson of MEA in response to statement made by Pakistan.

Earlier in the day, a statement by the Pakistan Foreign Office said they have examined the “22 pin locations of alleged training camps shared by India and said no such camps exist”.

The MEA further said that Pakistan “continues to be in denial” and refuses to acknowledge Pulwama as a terror attack.

The dossier, New Delhi said, had information on JeM’s Pakistan-based chief Masood Azhar and other leaders of the banned terror group. The dossier was shared after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan promised to act if “actionable evidence” was provided.

Pakistan’s latest answer was similar to its response to the 2008 Mumbai attacks and the 2016 assault on Pathankot airbase, when Islamabad had sought more evidence from New Delhi.

“We are hardly surprised, as this identical script was followed by Pakistan in the past, after the terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008 or in Pathankot in 2016. It is a well-known fact that the UN-designated terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed and its leader Masood Azhar are based in Pakistan. This was again acknowledged recently to international media by Pakistan’s Foreign Minister. There’s no dearth of sufficient actionable information and evidence in Pakistan itself to take action against them, if there is sincerity and intent to do so,” said the MEA.

India impressed upon Pakistan to honour the commitment it gave in 2004 and which Prime Minister Imran Khan has been reiterating.

It called upon Pakistan to take “immediate, credible, irreversible and verifiable actions against terrorists and terror organizations operating from territories under its control”.