 "AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi. File image/PTI")
Hyderabad Member of Parliament (MP) Asaduddin Owaisi has highlighted how his Operation Sindoor delegation, which toured four West Asian nations over the past week, left no stone unturned to expose Pakistan’s support to terrorism in a bid to get the nation back on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list.
Owaisi was a part of an all-party delegation that visited Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain to brief international partners on India’s response to the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam under Operation Sindoor.
Speaking to Network 18, the Indian lawmaker reflected on the importance of the visit, given how influential they are in terms of Pakistan.
“These four countries which we visited they are very important for us because they were part of middle East, FATF and earlier also many of these countries didn’t object to Pakistan being into FATF they are quite influential also in terms of Pakistan,” he said, adding, “Our interlocutors we have given them lot of examples lot of proofs as well how Pakistan is supporting this terror activities”.
He added that the first thing New Delhi needs to ensure is that Pakistan gets back on the FATF grey list.
On Pakistan’s support to terrorism
Owaisi also recalled telling the hosts in the four nations about Pakistan’s direct links to the Pahalgam terror attack and The Resistance Front (TRF), the terror outfit believed to be behind the massacre.
“We also told them how Pakistan with the help of China didn’t allow the naming of TRF in the resolution that was passed in UN Security Council about the Pahalgam attack,” he said. He also slammed the April 15 speech by Pakistani Army chief Asim Munir, who has now been elevated to the rank of field marshal, in which he “talked about Kashmir being a jugular vein and how Pakistan will stand with all these people for opposing India.”
On China’s support to Pakistan
Owaisi threw light on China’s role in emboldening Islamabad’s support to anti-India terror elements in the region.
He added that Operation Sindoor outreach gave India an opportunity to expose China’s support to Pakistan’s terror factory.
“I had tried to expose Pakistan lies there wrong messaging against India and it was a good opportunity to expose how Pakistan works that without China they are nothing and they are handicapped without china help that they get,” he added.
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Owaisi also called on the international financial institutions to impose stricter monetary controls on aid and assistance granted to Islamabad for developmental projects.
“Now there has to be monitoring of these loans that Pakistan is getting from Asian Development Bank (ADB) and world bank and IMF, otherwise these funds will not go to the upliftment of the Pakistani people, to eradicate poverty there.”
Since India’s four-day military standoff with Pakistan starting May 7, the IMF and the ADB have dished out aid worth millions to Pakistan “for developmental projects” despite strong objections by India.