Pak claims it is enforcing sanctions against JeM
A defiant Pakistan on Sunday said that JaisheMohammed ( JeM), which claimed responsibility for the Pulwama terror attack, was banned in 2002 and Islamabad is fulfilling its obligations on sanctions as per the law.
In a major diplomatic offensive against Islamabad after the attack, India has highlighted Pakistan’s role in using terrorism as an instrument of state policy.
Pakistan foreign office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal rejected India’s allegation that Pakistan is behind the attack and asked India instead to “respond to questions about its security and intelligence lapses that led to this attack”.
“The Jaish- eMohammed remains a proscribed entity in Pakistan since 2002 and Pakistan is implementing its obligations on sanctions implementation,” he said.
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Still living in denial about its open support to terror and accusing India instead of “well- rehearsed tactics from Indian playbook”, Pakistan on Sunday claimed that terrorist organisation Jaish- e- Mohammed ( JeM) “remains a proscribed entity in Pakistan since 2002 and Pakistan is implementing its obligations on sanctions implementation”.
A defiant Pakistan asked India instead to “respond to questions about its security and intelligence lapses that led to this attack” and had the audacity of asking New Delhi to explain so- called “reports of Adil Ahmed Dar’s arrest and custody since 2017”. Dar was the suicide bomber who attacked out the Pulwama attack. Islamabad also chose to dismiss the testimony and confession of the suicide bomber himself that was recorded by him before he carried out the attack, terming the confession “unverified social media content” and taunting India about accepting it as “gold standard”.
Stating that it desires normalisation of relations with India, a smug Islamabad claimed that “bluster, belligerence and pursuit of expedient standards to suit internal political interests is both delusional and counterproductive”. Pakistan also accused India of repression in J& K and asked it to “pursue the path of dialogue”.
It may be recalled that India had pointed out earlier that the JeM had already claimed responsibility for the attack and had termed Pakistan’s demand for an investigation as “preposterous when there is a video of the bomber declaring himself a member of the JeM”.