Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Pakistan on Wednesday categorically rejected the so-called “charge sheet” by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA), which mischievously attempted to implicate Pakistan in the Pulwama attack that killed over 40 troops in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir last year.
“The fabrications in the reported ‘charge sheet’ are patently designed to further the BJP’s anti-Pakistan rhetoric and its narrow domestic political interests,” the Foreign Office said in a statement.
At the outset, Pakistan had rejected India’s baseless allegations and expressed readiness to extend cooperation on the basis of any actionable information. “India failed to provide any credible evidence for its invective and has instead been using the attack for its malicious propaganda campaign against Pakistan,” the statement added.The ministry said that the timing of the Pulwama attack, just two months before the Lok Sabha elections in India, and the fact that explosives used in the attack were collected from inside the IIOJK, and the key accused persons in the attack have already been killed by Indian forces, raise too many questions. “The world knows well as to who benefited the most from Pulwama attack and drew electoral dividends.”
Indian military aircraft engaged in belligerent action against Pakistan on February 26, 2019.
The Indian misadventure was effectively countered by the Pakistan Air Force, which resulted in the downing of two Indian warplanes and capture of an Indian pilot.Despite India’s provocations, the Indian pilot was released by Pakistan as a peace gesture.It would be recalled that
