Pak's Defence Minister accuses India of supporting terrorists

May 15, 2016 18:25

Days after Pakistan alleged that an Indian lobby was making "untiring efforts" to block the sale of F-16 fighter jets from the US to it, a top minister has accused India of "supporting" terrorists and separatists, particularly in restive Balochistan, media reports said today.

Minister of Defence Khawaja Asif said that India was "supporting terrorists and separatist groups in Pakistan especially in Balochistan and the issue of Indian terrorism had been raised internationally by Pakistan".

Talking to Dunya News, Asif claimed that Pakistan Peoples Party's Husain Haqqani, a former Pakistani ambassador to the US, had lobbied against the provision of F-16s to Pakistan by the US.

"The Indian lobby has been making untiring efforts to reverse the US decision, and a strong attempt, through Senator Rand Paul's resolution, to block the sale itself," Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz told the Senate.

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