Pakistan-Based Terrorists Involved In Global Terror Attacks Including In New York And London, Says Shashi Tharoor

Pakistan has repeatedly attacked India for a territory which they do not control, said Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is leading an all-party Indian delegation to several countries including Panama.

India has sent seven all-party delegation to various countries to deliver Its message of zero tolerance for terrorism and to provide an update on the Pahalgam terror attack and the Operation Sindoor that followed, which resulted in the military confrontation between India and Pakistan, Business Today reported.

Pakistan, Tharoor said, has a policy of supporting and funding terrorism.

India does not want to get distracted from its path of economic prosperity, he said.

“Unfortunately, our desire to just be left alone is not reciprocated by our friends on the other side of the border. They have chosen repeatedly to attack us because they believe that they want a territory which they do not control…which we control. It is part of the sovereign borders of the united India, and we are not going to give it to them even if we have to pay the price that we have repeatedly been paid...," Tharoor said in a speech in Panama.

Tharoor also mentioned the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, in which Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab was caught alive.

“We had all the evidence, we even captured one of the terrorists alive. A very brave policeman gave his life to capture Ajmal Kasab alive. He was identified, his home, his village in Pakistan was identified. Not only India, but Western intelligence agencies had recordings of the chilling voice of the Pakistani cold-blooded handler giving daily minute-by-minute instructions to the killers in Mumbai. While the killings were going on, all the evidence was collected, and dossiers were established. What happened? Has a single person behind this outrage been prosecuted, let alone convicted? The answer is no,” he said.

“Sadly, Pakistan has chosen a policy of enabling terror. Not just enabling but creating terrorist establishments, financing and training terrorists, equipping them. There have been examples in the last 20 years of attacks in New York, in London, in Madrid, in so many different parts of the world, which have been blamed provably on Pakistani terrorists or terrorists trained in Pakistan and brought to these countries. This is the sad reality we are facing today,” said the Congress MP.

Tharoor said India has no issues with the people of Pakistan and prefers to coexist peacefully.

The Congress MP said that India has been trying to pull its people out of poverty, develop its technology so that it can enter the 21st century as a proud nation.

“We are already the fourth largest economy in dollar terms. By another 10 years or so we should even be the third largest economy, we are already that in purchasing power parity. We are a growing, prosperous country. We don’t want to be distracted by wars, conflict and terror, we want to focus on growth and prosperity, and a better life for our people,” he said.

Tharoor led an all-party parliamentary delegation that arrived in Panama from Guyana on Tuesday (27 May).

During the visit, the delegation interacted with the leadership of Panama as well as important contacts from the media, the strategic community, the Indian community and diaspora, and Indian friends in Panama. 

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