ISLAMABAD – Federal Inside Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan Tuesday stated that the counterterrorism division’s investigation into final yr yr’s Johar City blast in Lahore supplied clear proof that India and its intelligence company – RAW – have been straight concerned in finishing up terrorist actions in Pakistan. He stated that the Punjab Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) had busted a terrorist cell concerned within the highly effective explosion and the investigation revealed that the Analysis and Evaluation Wing (RAW)’s operatives had facilitated and financed it to hold out the terrorist exercise. “This case is such a reference that the incumbent government has decided to present it before the international community and place our stance before the world to expose the terrorist face of India,” inside minister stated right here whereas addressing a joint press convention together with Punjab CTD’s Extra Inspector Common Imran Mehmood. He stated that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and the Overseas Workplace would take up the difficulty at worldwide boards together with on the United Nationals stage. “On one hand, India promotes every kind of terrorism in Pakistan and on the other side, it every day tries to propagate against it in the international community.” He stated that the actual face of India will likely be uncovered on the idea of those clear evidences. On June 23 final yr, a strong blast of 200 kg explosives planted in a automotive close to the residence of banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed in Johar City locality of Lahore had killed no less than three individuals and 24 others have been injured. Rana Sanaullah stated that this was the second incident after arrest and confessional assertion of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav which was a proof that India had been discovered concerned behind any type of terrorism in Pakistan in someway. Terming that the matter was associated to Pakistan’s inner safety, he additional stated that the nighbouring nation was solely doing this to justify and conceal its atrocities being dedicated in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. He stated that Kulbhushan’s assertion was sufficient to show that India was concerned behind any terrorist exercise in Pakistan. CTD chief Mehmood giving particulars of the incident stated the counterterrorism division had arrested the mastermind and facilitators of the blast which unveiled that they’d direct hyperlinks with RAW operatives. He stated that mastermind Samiul Haq and his brother in legislation in addition to assistant Uzair Akbar have been arrested from Balochistan on April 24, 2022 after they bought their pink warrants issued by way of the Interpol. “Within 16 hours of the incident, we had traced the case and arrested three terrorists within 24 hours,” he stated, including that no terrorist group has accepted duty for the assault until date. The 2 terrorists included Peter Paul David who supervised the blast whereas Sajjad Hussain was his assistant, he stated. He added that Ziaullah, the third one, was arrested on Peter’s identification and was the brother of mastermind Samiul Haq. “Eid Gul and his wife Ayesha Gul were arrested after 5-6 days in connection with this case,” the police officer stated. He additional stated that Gul was the one that fitted explosives within the car whereas his spouse assisted him and had shot some movies of the entire course of. After Gul’s interrogation, the CTD was lastly in a position to determine Samiul Haq who was concerned in terror financing, the CTD chief stated. He stated that additional probe revealed that Haq was an agent of RAW since 2012 and was the “main player” of Indian company to hold out terrorist actions in Pakistan on its behalf. Mehmood knowledgeable reporters that one other perpetrator behind the assault was Naveed Akhtar, who did the surveillance and chosen the goal. “Akhtar was an unskilled labourer and had been languishing in jail in a Middle East country due to non-payment of his fine.” The police officer stated {that a} RAW agent approached Akhtar and advised him that he would pay his nice, however he must work for them to hold out terror actions in Pakistan. The extra inspector common of police advised the press convention that Akhtar was arrested in Lahore’s Shahdara City and thus a number of terror assaults have been thwarted as he was planning to hold out extra terrorist prompts. Because the investigation continued, Mehmood stated, extra RAW brokers have been uncovered who have been Indian nationals and their arrest warrants have additionally been issued by Interpol. He stated that pink warrants of primary RAW operatives together with Sanjay Kumar Tiwari, Waeeem Haider Khan, and Ajmal have been issued and the method of issuance of warrants of different “characters was under process. “We also found out that close to a million dollars of terror financing was done by India through RAW operatives and different channels to spread terrorism in Pakistan and linkages have been established” Mehmood claimed. CTD had clear proof “which is undeniable about India and RAW’s involvement,” he stated, including that the matter could possibly be taken to the UN. Responding to a query, the inside minister stated that the blast befell close to the residence of JuD chief and it could possibly be ascertained that he was the prime goal. He added that the terrorist driving the explosive-laden car couldn’t come near his residence as a consequence of deployment of police. “The purpose of the terrorists was to create fear and panic,” he underlined. Rana Sanaullah additionally stated that that the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) had assist from the RAW to hold out terrorist actions in Pakistan. Replying to a query, the CTD chief stated that the terrorist cell had no hyperlink with different terrorist organisation besides RAW. In June 2021, a strong blast close to the residence of Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed in Johar City had killed three individuals and injured 24 others, together with a police constable. Six-year-old Abdul Haq, his father Abdul Malik, 50, and a younger passerby died within the explosion that left a four-footdeep and eight-foot-wide crater on the highway and broken a number of homes and outlets close by. Days after the incident, the then data minister Fawad Chaudhry and nationwide safety Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf advised a press convention that the mastermind of the assault was “an Indian citizen and he is associated with [Indian intelligence agency] RAW”. In the meantime Rana Sana in a sequence of tweets late Tuesday stated, “Pakistan has “irrefutable evidence” of the involvement of the Indian company RAW within the blast at Johar City, Lahore final yr. India shouldn’t be solely behind the Johar City blast however has additionally been discovered concerned in fanning terrorism in Pakistan.” “This is a matter of internal security and we are initiating the process to take it up at the International level. Foreign Minister @BBhuttoZardari alongside the Secretary of Foreign Affairs will highlight the issue of India’s involvement at different world forums.” “The gatherings at mosques, Imambargahs, important buildings, and elsewhere have been targeted by India. India has been sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan and at the same time, trying to conceal its brutalities in occupied Kashmir.”
