Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said that it had repeatedly conveyed its protest with India for the involvement of its secret agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) in the internal affairs of Pakistan.
Newly appointed Foreign Office Spokesperson Qazi Khalil Ullah in his weekly briefing said Pakistan has provided proofs of Indian involvement in its internal affairs at many occasions including the recently held Foreign Secretary level talks.
“We avail all possible opportunities to remind India to avoid interference in the internal affairs of Pakistan,” said the spokesperson.
Replying to a question about a wanted person in India Dawood Ibrahim, the spokesperson said, “Pakistan has always been saying that he is not at its soil and at last India has admitted Pakistani stance saying that it does not know his whereabouts was correct”.
Commenting Doha process for reconciliation in Afghanistan, the spokesman said Pakistan has always been supportive of Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process to bring peace and stability there.
The spokesperson said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has a vision for peace and stability in the region and the government is making all out efforts under this vision to achieve the objective of peace and security in the region.
Replying to a question about visit of former President Asif Ali Zardari and other PPP leaders to Kabul, the spokesperson said it is a good thing that there had been close contacts at political level between the two countries.
He said the government encourages political contacts between the two countries as these can be helpful in promoting bilateral ties.
Replying to a question regarding relation with new British government after today’s elections, he said, “We enjoy close and cordial relations with UK and hope to further cement these ties with the new government after the completion of election process there.”
Answering a question about Indian envoy’s statement at United Nations about the release of Maulana Lakhvi, the spokesperson clarified that Pakistan had implemented the UN resolutions in this regard through putting ban on the said organizations. – APP
