India behind at least 4 high-profile terrorist attacks in Pakistan; 'We have evidence to the T'

National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Mooed Yusuf revealed that India was involved in at least four high-profile terrorist attacks in Pakistan, saying that Islamabad had "proof to the T" of New Delhi's involvement.

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In an interview to veteran Indian journalist Karan Thapar for The Wire (which will be live at 5:00pm IST on their website), Yusuf said that Pakistan has proof of India's ties to terrorism. 

Moeed Yusuf to Karan Thapar

• India behind Chinese consulate, PSX and Gwadar 5-star hotel attacks
  
• Kulbhushan Jadhav "has been caught with his pants down"
• India recently spent $1 million to bring about TTP, 4 other militant organisations' merger in Afghanistan
• Kashmiris should be made 3rd party in any India-Pakistan talks

This was the first interview by any Pakistani government official to  Indian media after India's illegal attempt to annex occupied Kashmir by revoking Article 370 of the Indian constitution.

Holding India responsible for terrorist attacks in Pakistan, Yusuf said that New Delhi had used a consulate "in a neighbouring country" to launch attacks on a five-star hotel in Gwadar, the Chinese consulate in Karachi and the Pakistan Stock Exchange.

He further said that India recently spent $1 million to merge the Tehreek-e-Taliban-Pakistan (TTP) and four other terrorist organisations in Afghanistan under the supervision of RAW officials.

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Yusuf said that Aslam alias Achu, a militant involved in the attack on the Chinese consulate, had undergone treatment at a hospital in New Delhi, which was proof of India's involvement in the matter.

He told Thapar that the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan was using think-tanks as a front to funnel money to terrorists in Balochistan.

The national security adviser also said that Pakistan had evidence that the mastermind of the APS massacre was in contact with an Indian consulate and that he had the phone number of the handler as well.

"We have evidence to the T," he was quoted as saying by The Wire.

India sent message expressing desire for talks: Yusuf

During the interview, the national security adviser said that Pakistan had "received a message for a desire for conversation."

According to The Wire, he refused to divulge more details regarding the matter but said that Kashmiris must be a third party in any dialogue between India and Pakistan concerning the issue.

"There is Pakistan and then there is India. Now, if the Kashmiris can't stand the sight of India, how are we gonna have a dialogue?" said Yusuf. When Thapar told him not to "put words into the mouths of Kashmiris, Yusuf shot back: "Is Farooq Abdullah not a Kashmiri? Is Farooq Abdullah a pro-India politician?"

Yusuf also said that Pakistanis willing to discuss terrorism but stressed on diplomacy between the two sides.

"We must sit down like adults," he was quoted as saying.

He said that Pakistan stands for peace and the country wants to move forward. The national security adviser told the Indian journalist that PM Imran Khan had said since day one that he wished for peace with India but New Delhi had been "running away".

Yusuf pointed out how India has been at odds with its neighbours over the past one year, from China to Bangladesh. "Even Nepal has been standing up to you," he said. "The Bangladesh prime minister is speaking to our prime minister and is saying things I do not wish to repeat here."

However, he made it clear that there were five preconditions to any talks with India and they were: a) the end of the military siege in occupied Kashmir, b) the reversal of the domicile law, c) the release of all political prisoners in occupied Kashmir, d) India must put an end to state terrorism in Pakistan, e) India must stop violation of human rights in occupied Kashmir.

According to The Wire, Yusuf spoke about Indian agent Kulbhushan Jadhav during the course of the interview and said that the RAW agent "has been caught with his pants down".

Yusuf denied Indian allegations during the interview that Pakistan did not grant unimpeded and unconditional consular access to New Delhi.

Talking about the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Pakistani national security adviser did not mince words in blaming India for the culprits not being punished severely, saying that India was, “deliberately delaying sending evidence and witnesses” as it wanted to use the issue to embarrass Pakistan in front of the world.