‘India spent Rs7b to run anti-Pakistan campaign’
Analyst Agha Iqrar Haroon says the campaign originated from Canada
A file photo of a border check post. PHOTO: AFP
LAHORE:
Political analyst Agha Iqrar Haroon has said that India has spent Rs7 billion to run an anti-Pakistan campaign in Geneva, Switzerland and that the campaign has originated from Canada.
Talking with reference to the anti-Pakistan posters in the Swiss city, Haroon said the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) last year started getting anti-Pakistan articles published in Canadian newspapers.
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Responding to the allegations levelled in an article, Nadeem Kiani — Minister Press High Commission for Pakistan to Ottawa — highlighted how the Canadian media was playing in the hands of India.
“Kiani asked as to how could someone level such allegations against a sovereign state,” Haroon said, adding that the envoy should be appreciated for countering the conspiracy.
He said India got anti-Pakistan advertisements published in Geneva through a company, which according to him, was paid through money laundering.
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“We have to face great difficulty even in sending $600 abroad, but nobody bothered to know how money was sent to the company for such a big campaign.
“The same is the case with our educated people who get a visa with great difficulty while people from Afghanistan land in Switzerland with great ease and get an asylum,” he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2017.
Political analyst Agha Iqrar Haroon has said that India has spent Rs7 billion to run an anti-Pakistan campaign in Geneva, Switzerland and that the campaign has originated from Canada.
Talking with reference to the anti-Pakistan posters in the Swiss city, Haroon said the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) last year started getting anti-Pakistan articles published in Canadian newspapers.
Diplomatic demarche: Pakistan protests use of Swiss soil by BLA terrorists
Responding to the allegations levelled in an article, Nadeem Kiani — Minister Press High Commission for Pakistan to Ottawa — highlighted how the Canadian media was playing in the hands of India.
“Kiani asked as to how could someone level such allegations against a sovereign state,” Haroon said, adding that the envoy should be appreciated for countering the conspiracy.
He said India got anti-Pakistan advertisements published in Geneva through a company, which according to him, was paid through money laundering.
In Geneva, posters of Baloch terror group draw ire of Pakistani envoy
“We have to face great difficulty even in sending $600 abroad, but nobody bothered to know how money was sent to the company for such a big campaign.
“The same is the case with our educated people who get a visa with great difficulty while people from Afghanistan land in Switzerland with great ease and get an asylum,” he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2017.