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Pakistan gives India terror dossiers to UN

Islamabad - Pakistan says entire world is united in condemning terrorism, except Delhi.

After weeks of speculation, Pakistan handed over on Friday dossiers containing evidence of Indian involvement in terrorism and fomenting instability in the country to UN chief Ban Ki-moon.
"The dossiers include details of Indian interference and support for terrorism in Balochistan and Karachi as well as its security and intelligence agencies' link with the Tehreek-i-Taleban Pakistan especially in tribal areas," said a statement issued by the Foreign Office.
Counsellor Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations Bilal Ahmad confirmed the handing over of the dossiers while responding to a question regarding accusations levelled by India in reaction to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's address to the UN General Assembly.
In a stinging reply, Pakistan hit back at India by suggesting the entire world is united in unequivocally condemning terrorism, except India.
"This country is insensitive to the tragic human dimension of terrorism. India seems to suggest that acts of terrorism in Pakistan are acceptable. By doing so, India in fact seeks to mask its own support and sponsorship of terrorism in Pakistan," the Pakistani diplomat said.
India has also failed to bring to justice the perpetrators of terrorism against innocent civilians in the 2007 Samjhota Express bombings. The decision of the Indian government not to challenge the bail granted to Swami Aseemanand, the main accused in the case, raises serious doubts about India's willingness to convict its nationals involved in terror attacks against Muslims, the diplomat added. "This is a continuation of the sad saga of the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat," Bilal regretted.
Rejecting Indian claims on Kashmir dispute, the Pakistani diplomat said India's attempts to deny its illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir is a travesty of history.
To perpetuate its occupation, India has deployed over 700,000 security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. Only the occupier would oppose the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions that promised self-determination to the people of the disputed State of Jammu and Kashmir, he said.
The diplomat maintained that India's insistence on limiting the talks to a one-point agenda proves that it is neither interested nor serious in engaging in a genuine dialogue adding that India has not only stalled the bilateral dialogue but also vitiated the overall atmosphere between the two countries using the 'terrorism bogey'.
The diplomat reminded the UN secretary generals' good office that Pakistan's commitment, and its role and sacrifice in the fight against terrorism, including the success of our ongoing counter-terrorism operations, have been acknowledged and praised by the entire international community.
India on Thursday rejected a four-point peace plan for Kashmir proposed by Pakistan but said talks among officials of both countries on terrorism that collapsed in August should be revived.
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