Pakistan to brief UN, int’l community on India-backed terrorism

A general view of the Parliament House building during a session in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on May 23, 2018. (AMIR QURESHI / AFP)

ISLAMABAD- Pakistan would raise the issue of Indian-supported terrorism activities in the country at the United Nations as well as at the international level, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan has said.

The Pakistani security agencies had arrested an organized group of terrorists who were trained, financed and handled by India's main spy agency Research and Analysis Wing, he told a press conference on Tuesday evening.

The group conducted a bomb blast in Lahore city of eastern Punjab province on June 23, 2021, and was planning for several other attacks. 

Rana Sanaullah Khan

Interior Minister of  Pakistan

"The group conducted a bomb blast in Lahore city of eastern Punjab province on June 23, 2021, and was planning for several other attacks," said the minister, adding that the undeniable proof of Indian involvement will help Pakistan raise the issue at the international level.

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"We have decided to put it before the international community as it will have its weight and impact. We are now capable of taking the matter to the United Nations," he added.

At least three people were killed and 23 others injured when a car bomb went off in a residential-cum-commercial area in Lahore on June 23, 2021.

During the press briefing, Additional Inspector General of the Counter Terrorism Department of Punjab Police Imran Mahmood talked about the success of arresting the terrorists, including the mastermind, and tracing the foreign hands in the attack.

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"Red warrants for three Indian nationals working for India's spy agency have been issued for their direct involvement, and more will be issued for other Indian spies involved in the terrorist activities in Pakistan," said the police official.

India's Ministry of External Affairs could not be reached for comment.