(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Terror as State Policy

Topic: Terror as State Policy

Guest:

Vishnu Prakash, (Former Ambassador)
Maj. Gen. (Retd., Dhruv C. Katoch, Director, India Foundation)
Maj. Gen. (Retd., Ashwani Siwach, Foreign Affairs Expert)

Topic Description:

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on 6 March claimed the Jaish-e-Mohammed was a terror outfit but indicated that his country's intelligence had used it to carry out attacks in India during his tenure. Making the disclosure in a telephonic interview to Pakistani journalist Nadeem Malik of Hum News in his talk show, Pervez Musharraf also welcomed the action against the Jaish-e-Mohammed, saying it had tried to assassinate him twice in December 2003, as per a video clip shared on the journalist's Facebook and Twitter page. Asked why he had not taken action against the organisation during his stint in power, he claimed those times were "different". Meanwhile, amid global scrutiny on the activities of Jaish-e-Mohammad after it claimed responsibility for the Pulwama terror attack, and with China announcing its Vice Foreign Minister’s arrival in Islamabad to discuss India-Pak tensions, the Pakistan Army spokesperson on Wednesday claimed that the JeM “does not exist” in the country. The Pakistan Army also claimed that the JeM’s claim of responsibility for the Pulwama attack had not been made from inside Pakistan. And India’s claims on the air strikes in Balakot are false.