India on Tuesday said that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan ’s recent act of glorifying al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden as a “martyr” w...
India on Tuesday said that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent act of glorifying al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden as a “martyr” was a “chilling reminder of the patronage that the international terrorists receive” in his country, the Hindustan Times reported. Therefore, Pakistan’s “ludicrous statement claiming credit for elimination of Al Qaeda is indeed ironic”, India added.
The comments were made at a webinar organised by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary Mahaveer Singhvi, who led the Indian delegation at the meeting, accused Pakistan of sheltering and supporting terrorists, and of peddling a false narrative on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
“While the world is coming together to battle the pandemic, it is unfortunate that Pakistan, a state which sponsors cross-border terrorism, continues to use every opportunity to peddle false narratives and make baseless, malicious and egregious allegations against India and interfere in our internal affairs,” he said. “It is seeking to portray its military, financial [and] logistical support to cross-border terrorism against India as a freedom struggle. It is also peddling misinformation about India’s domestic legislation and policies.”
The Indian diplomat claimed that terrorists have made innumerable attempts to infiltrate India “from their safe abodes across the border” to carry out...
