ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has once again criticized India’s involvement in terror activities, reiterating that Pakistan would raise the issue of Indian terror financing at the international level.
“We expect the international community to take notice of solid evidence provided by Pakistan about Indian involvement in Johar Town, Lahore terror incident,” the foreign minister said in a statement today (Monday).
The foreign minister said that Pakistan was taking every possible step against terrorism and for protection of its borders. “We have carried out border fencing and cleared our tribal areas of terrorists,” he said, adding that the development work has also been started in the tribal districts.
FM Qureshi maintained that Pakistan had enacted legislation to check terror financing and has taken steps against money laundering. “Pakistan desires the honourable return of Afghan refugees to their homeland. For this purpose, we will require the support of the international community,” he added.
“A comprehensive, time-bound, and well-resourced plan be carved out for the return of Afghan refugees,” the foreign minister concluded.
On June 23, at least three people died and 21 others, including women and children, sustained injuries when an explosives-laden vehicle exploded near the house of Hafiz Saeed, leader of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), in Lahore’s Johar Town neighbourhood.
