INDIA never misses any opportunity to hurl malicious and baseless allegations of terrorism against Pakistan but the fact of matter is that the country itself, led by an extremist government, is involved in the dirty business of money laundering and terror financing as recently disclosed in reports emanating from the US and the United Nations.
The latest revelation about Indian involvement in these heinous crimes has come from US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) which states that Indian banks including state owned entities are involved in money laundering and terror financing, especially in the region. A few months back also, the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Report on terrorism had acknowledged the fact that India is supporting banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — an outfit that remains involved in acts of terrorism in Pakistan. The fact of the matter is that Pakistan over the years has been victim of Indian state terrorism yet international community instead of taking action against perpetrator of terror always browbeat the victim country. This is regardless of the fact that Indian military officials themselves are on record confessing their involvement in terrorist activities in Balochistan.
RAW agent Kulbushan Jadhav who was arrested about four years ago in Balochistan himself admitted that he was given the task to stoke instability in several important cities of Pakistan. The question is as for how long the United Nations as well as important capitals will continue to turn their back to Indian terrorism. At least there should not be double standards or different yardsticks on this issue. Trying to put this matter under the carpet will only entail dangerous consequences for regional and world peace. Time has come to rein in the terrorist country and definitely the US should take the lead as latest disclosures have come from its own department. Sanctions should immediately be imposed on it.
Taking into account the FinCen report, International watchdogs such as Financial Action Task Force (FATF) must also initiate action against India. It’s not unfair to demand that India should be blacklisted until it corrects its course. If it was not done by the FATF, it will raise question mark on the credibility and integrity of the watchdog. Pakistan, China, Turkey and other like-minded countries should forcefully present the case against India in the FATF.
