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Stop accusations and give proof, Pakistan tells India

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday rejected New Delhi's claims regarding arrest of 'suspected Pakistani terrorist' in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Foreign Office spokesperson Qazi Khalilullah said India should provide proof of any Pakistani found involved in terrorist activity on its soil.
This followed an Indian claim that Usman Faisal, a suspected militant captured on Wednesday after a deadly attack on a military convoy in the Kashmir region, was a Pakistani.
Khalilullah said that the Indian claim was baseless and further said, "We have repeatedly asked India to refrain from accusations."
Responding to a question about controversial remarks of a former Pakistani bureaucrat on the Mumbai attack trial, the spokesperson said that he could not comment on the article but added that more information is awaited from India in this regard.
He said that Indian citizen Geeta Bharti had been put in touch with the Indian high commissioner in an effort to expedite her return. In the case of Chanda Bibi, the Pakistani high commissioner is in contact with the Indian External Affairs Ministry, said Khalilullah.
He confirmed that Pakistan has received August 23 and 24 as dates from India for talks between the two countries' national security advisers in New Delhi. "The dates are under consideration of the foreign office and agenda is being prepared," he said.
Talking about a revision in control lists under the Export Control Act of 2004, Khalilullah said that the revised control lists of goods, technologies, material and equipment related to nuclear and biological weapons and their delivery systems have been released. This "enables the government to control export, re-export, trans-shipment and transit" of such weapons and delivery systems, the spokesman said.
"The notification signifies the continuing resolve and policy of Pakistan as a responsible nuclear state to advance the shared goals of non-proliferation," he added.
He disclosed that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would be going to Belarus at the invitation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. This will be the first time a Pakistani prime minister visits the Republic of Belarus.
Sharif will be holding talks with Lukashenko as well as the Belarusian prime minister, and is also scheduled to receive an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Belarus.

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