Pakistan Denies Claims On Sri Lanka
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Pakistan has firmly denied claims that one of its diplomats in Sri Lanka was involved in spying on India and planning terror attacks in Chennai. About the Indian media allegations of a Pakistani diplomat in Colombo involved in spying India and planning attacks in Chennai, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam said that it was an effort to create a wedge between Pakistan and Sri Lanka because the two countries have excellent relations with fruitful discussions on strengthening bilateral relations and increasing economic ties.
The Indian media had reported last week that India will be informing Sri Lanka about an official working with the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo who was allegedly playing a key role in planning terror strikes at the behest of ISI on the US and Israeli consulates in the southern part of India.
The Press Trust of India had reported that the information will be shared with Sri Lankan authorities by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) signed between the two countries in 2010. NIA had in June taken over the case which was earlier registered by Tamil Nadu Police in which a Sri Lanka national, Sakir Hussain, was arrested following a tip-off from the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Hussain was accused of having entered India with a mission to carry out reconnaissance of the US Consulate in Chennai and the Israeli Consulate in Bangalore.
