Islamabad, Feb 17: Pakistan today brushed aside India's assertion that its High Commission in Delhi was supporting subversive activities saying such "allegations" are made "routinely." Commenting on president A P J Abdul Kalam's remarks on this count in his address to Parliament this morning, foreign office spokesman, Aziz Ahmed Khan said "India continued to make baseless allegations without the obligation of substantiating them."
India "routinely" made such "allegations" but "they shied away, they run away", whenever challenged by Pakistan, Khan said.
He reiterated Islamabad's proposal of deploying UN observers on both sides of LoC to verify Indian claims on infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir.
India, he said, does not agree to it for the fact that the "basis for making baseless allegations will go away".
He said Pakistan seeks peaceful resolutions of all the disputes as desired by international community. "We are not shying away from it," he said.
In reply to a question he said it would be "unfortunate" if New Delhi severed diplomatic ties with Islamabad.
He said dialogue and diplomatic processes were the only "civilised" way to conduct inter-state business and "Pakistan certainly wants that process to go on". Asked about the status of India-Pakistan diplomatic ties, he said "they still exist."
Bureau Report