NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit, in an interview to an Indian news channel, rejected all allegations of funding the Hurriyat leadership.
Terming all the allegations regarding the Hurriyat, including tapes and terror funding, false, he said this was not the first time these allegations were made against the Hurriyat leadership. “Such allegations were made in the past as well but nobody could substantiate or prove them. I’m confident this time, too, all these allegations would dissipate.”
Rubbishing all charges by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against the Kashmiri people as attempts to ‘malign’ them, he said there is no truth to the allegations.
To a question by the Indian media outlet, the high commissioner said it is unfair to say that Pakistan is being colonised by China, adding China and Pakistan are “very close friends.”
About the Supreme Court’s ruling that disqualified Nawaz Sharif from holding any public office, he said, “This only reflects that democracy is finally taking root in Pakistan. Sharif went through a judicial process, and tomorrow we will have a new prime minister elected. Democracy seems to be strengthening by the day.”
