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GOI's statement is not to be taken in isolation but in the entirety of the situation of indo-pak relations at this point. pakistan has promised to go after culprits once the evidence was provided. the evidence has been given, and pakistan self-set deadline has passed and yet there is no report on investigations. meanwhile, there are media reports that pakistan may shift blame on BD.
On the contrary, the GoI's statement shoudl be taken exactly as it was stated, not with the spin you are putting on it of 'entirety of Indo-Pak relations'. The statement was bout AQ Khan specifically, and AQ Khan is none of India's business. India is merely up to its old antics of badmouthing Pakistan.
Lets not turn this into another Mumbai thread, these arguments have been gone over multiple times. I'll respond once more however. India sent us a dossier full of transcripts and pictures, she has not shared any evidence as of yet with Pakistan. The FIA in Pakistan has conducted an investigation into the allegations made, and the report is due to be publicized on Monday. Whatever the investigation concludes has to be looked at in light of the information that it bases those conclusions on, not what you think the answer should be. Perhaps it will suggest a Bangladeshi linkage, perhaps it won't, but if it does, and there is evidence supporting that conclusion, that is what it is.
In the meantime almost a hundred suspects have been detained, including the two individuals alleged to be the masterminds, the JuD has been banned and its assets seized. So the Indian argument that Pakistan has not followed up on anythign or not cooperated in the investigation is utterly absurd.
It is India that has made cooperation from Pakistan extremely hard through its belligerence, warmongering, and refusal to share evidence or cooperate.
Pakistan has also from day one offered a joint investigation, dialog and cooperation on the issue, it is India that has refused to cooperate on the above, while at the same time accusing Pakistan of not being sincere. The sheer absurdity and dis-ingenuousness of India's position is apparent here. If there is any party that should feel aggrieved at how the other has behaved, it is Pakistan.
In this scenario, when a known 'nuclear peddler' is released in pakistan court for the lack of evidence, when pakistan had earlier promised to take strict action against this man as well.
this is the context, when you cant pin down a known 'nuclear smuggler' against whom there is overwhelming evidence, how can you be trusted to go after 'mumbai' perpetrators?
A Q khan and his network is also universally condemened and infact they pose a bigger threat to the world since these are ppl who have been passing nuclear know-how to different countries for some bucks.
Pakistan never promised to take any more action against him than the house arrest he was under. There was no promise made of putting him under trial and throwing him in jail. The man knew too much and there was the potential of a lot of sensitive information related to Pakistan strategic programs becoming public were a full fledged trial to be undertaken. His position and the amount of knowledge he had about Pakistan's strategic program made his case one of national security, and therefore the GoP had every right to handle him as it saw fit to protect the national interest.
There is no comparison to be made here with the Mumbai attackers.