Released by Muhammed Siddique-ul-Farooque, Central Information Secretary of Pakistan Muslim League (N) in a Press Conference on Friday, January 4, 2002.

Terrorism is the most serious problem of South Asia. In order to ensure safety to human life and uproot tension and confrontation in the region, it is necessary to eliminate roots of terrorism root and all its offshoots. The current scenario is ripe for a decisive action against terrorism to make the region a haven of peace and harmony. But this action could bear fruit only when it is decided as to who is a terrorist.

An impartial and unbiased analysis of the overall regional situation leads to the fact that almost every member country of the SAARC is or has been a target of Indian aggression. Inside India, the Muslim, Sikh, Christian and Buddhists minorities, even low cast Hindus, are victims of state terrorism, which also backs the actions of scores of Hindu militant terrorist groups. India uses state terrorism to build its supremacy in the region. One ploy to achieve this objective is that the Indian intelligence agencies often kill their own people, and fix the blame on its smaller neighbors in the region to terrorize them into submission.

Pakistan Muslim League (N) is presenting a resume of the worst violation of human rights, and exercise of internal and external terrorism by India. This record testifies to the above-mentioned facts. The Pervez Musharraf government lacks self-confidence with the result that, it is staging hasty retreat on every front and its every retreating step reflects its defeatist mentality.

The facts being presented before the nation today suffice to constitute a convincing terrorism case against India. Had the self-appointed Pervez Musharraf government been courageous enough to put these facts before the international community through its Foreign Office and the media teams, India would have been facing a tough time and the international community would have stood by Pakistan to frustrate Indian designs. But, unfortunately, we are today deprived of an elected government, while a befuddled military government, illegally in power and inherently incompetent to take wise decisions is unable to steer the country out of the vortex of problems.

The nation has spent more or less 6,000 billions rupees in the past 54 years to equip the armed forces with atomic weapons and long range missiles, yet the Pervez Musharraf government, despite this formidable strength, is in awe of the terrorist state of India, and has virtually accepted its supremacy in the region. The military rulers are arresting the Pakistanis and Kashmiris at the demand of India. The official statements against India are merely meant to keep the nation in the dark, because the government continues to follow Indian diktat with no end to it in sight. In comparison, India could never dare to dictate to any elected government, including the Nawaz Sharif government. It was always during the military rule that India was able to force war on Pakistan.

Following is the record India’s state terrorism:

TERRORISM AGAINST PAKISTAN:
India has been involved since long in covert and overt terrorist operations to destabilize Pakistan. Over the years, thousands of incidents of bomb explosions and terrorism have taken place in Pakistan, in which hundreds and thousands of innocent people have been killed, scores injured or maimed for life. In the year 2000, as many as 252 persons were killed and 596 injured while in 2001, about 189 persons were killed and 360 injured in different incidents of Indian sponsored terrorism throughout Pakistan.

In addition to aiding and abetting terrorism and sabotage in the neighboring countries, and financing and training terrorist groups, different Indian governments also killed their own people to put the blame on Pakistan.

A day before the arrival of the US President Bill Clinton on March 20, 2000, the Indian intelligence agencies killed 36 Sikhs in Chattissinghpura in Occupied Kashmir, and blamed Pakistan to win support and sympathy of Bill Clinton, and get Pakistan condemned. But Allah exposed the nefarious conspiracy. When Occupied Kashmir Chief Minister Dr. Farooque Abdullah ordered a judicial probe into the incident and appointed Justice Ratnaval Pandian, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee stopped him from inquiry (Frontline, December 18, 2000).

On August 1, 2000, over 100 Hindu pilgrims were massacred in Occupied Kashmir, when they were going for Amarnath Yatra, and the Kashmiri freedom fighters were blamed for it. A campaign to malign Pakistan was also launched under the pretext that Pakistan was supporting the freedom fighters. According to General J.R. Mukherjee Commission Report, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was involved in the massacre. But this report was not published in ‘best national interest.’ Moreover, L.K. Advani, Indian Interior Minister, gave a clean chit to Hindu Jagran Manch on January 26, 1999 for participation in elections, although its important member Dara Singh had burned alive an Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons.

On October 1, 2000, Indian agencies staged the drama of a terrorist attack on the Srinagar Legislative Assembly, which claimed 30 lives. But its own nationals, who said that they had seen the Indian police firing at the assembly staff, exposed the drama. On October 4, 2001 India staged the hijack drama of its passenger plane at the Mumbai airport bound for New Delhi. But its designs failed within hours forcing the Indian authorities to admit that ‘it was just a training exercise.’

On December 13, 2001 India staged the gory drama of a terrorist attack on its Parliament in New Delhi, and immediately put the blame on Pakistan to get it clubbed together with terrorist states. India has spurned Pakistan’s demand to produce concrete evidence, and dismissed its suggestion to have a joint investigation to prove terrorism by some militant groups. Instead, Pakistan is being pressurized by ‘certain quarters’ to hand over the so-called terrorists India. Which is an insult to Pakistan’s sovereignty and dignity.

TERRORISM AGAINST SRI LANKA:
India has been supporting Liberation Tamil Tigers Elam guerrilla fighters, to create a Tamil state in Sri Lanka through its intelligence agency RAW since 1980’s. The RAW set up 30 training camps in India to train Tamil guerrillas. The Indian army trained these guerrillas to lay mines and booby-traps, and the RAW poured in $ 3.2 million to finance the rebels, and provided, fuel, arms, ammunition, food, missiles, latest sophisticated weapons and logistical support to the LTTE guerrillas. According to ex-RAW chief R.N. Kao, India supported LTTE in Sri Lanka to crush Sri Lanka’s efforts to establish its sovereignty.

During the rule of former Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene, the economic and foreign policies of Sri Lanka were perceived by India as geo-political and geo-strategic threat. Jayewardene is on record to have revealed that he had to abandon military operation to regain control of Jaffna Peninsula in May 1987, when India threatened to foil the Sri Lanka’s effort to take back Jaffna. According to Jayewardene, the then Indian High Commissioner N.K. Dixit had “personally informed Lalith Athlathmudali, the then Minister of National Security, that New Delhi will not permit Sri Lankan army to reoccupy Jaffna. According to Indian newspapers, Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes has been a vocal supporter of LTTE, which means supporting insurgency in Sri Lanka.

TERRORISM AGAINST BHUTAN:
India has also been accusing Bhutan of supporting Indian guerrilla groups United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). On September 1, 1994, the Indian army crossed into Bhutan to track down ULFA and NDFB guerrillas claiming that permission of the Bhutanese government had been acquired. But the Foreign Minister of Bhutan denied India seeking any permission, and termed a blatant aggression. Since then the India army has crossed into Bhutan hundreds of times, but neither the United Nations nor any civilized country took notice of it. In addition, India repeatedly sent troops to Maldives ostensibly for protection of the governments there.

TERRORISM IN INDIAN HELD KASHMIR:
More than 70,000 Kashmiris have been killed since 1989. In the year 2001 alone, 4677 Kashmiris were killed, out of which 682 were murdered while in custody; 519 women were raped; 2,395 minor children were killed, 6,058 persons were unlawfully taken into custody, and 8002 persons were tortured in the so-called investigation cells set up under Indian military. Besides, the Indian forces burned down 170 shops and houses.

INTERNAL RECORD OF THE WORST VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS:
Over the years, more than 100,000 Sikhs have been slained, 950 women killed after rape, 25,000 dead bodies have been torched after being declared unclaimed, 2,000 mosques, 300 churches, 35 Gurdawaras and a considerable number of Pagodas have been demolished and replaced with Hindu temples. The great Mughal monument, Taj Mahal has also been vandalized; the Indian Supreme Court took notice of the incident, but the culprits were never arrested.

This irrefutable record makes it abundantly clear that India is the biggest terrorist in the region. Every member country of the SAARC is pleased with Pakistan, but they have serious complaints against India. They want an end to this terrorism so that the region could enjoy lasting peace.

In view of these facts, the PML (N) appeals to the United Nations and the United States and its allies to immediately adopt effective measures to curb Indian terrorism in the region, so that stable, durable and long-lasting peace and tranquility could be ensured in South Asia.

During the rule of Pakistan Muslim League (N) and other civil governments, India could not dare to dictate Pakistan as it is now dictating. The PML (N) demands that General Pervez Musharraf demilitarize all the civil institutions, and relinquish all self-assumed responsibilities and go home. There is still time for his honorable exit; therefore he is advised to avail of the opportunity. The PML (N) believes that his exit will enable an elected government to lead the nation out of its present difficulties with honor and dignity.