QUETTA: A day after security forces claimed the arrest of a suspected Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent in Balochistan, Commander Southern Command Lt Gen Aamer Riaz accused elements sitting in London and Geneva of hatching conspiracies against the stability of Pakistan.
Speaking at a Youm-i-Shuhada event on Friday, Gen Aamer Riaz said the RAW agent had contact with separatist elements in Balochistan and was involved in a number of terrorist and subversive activities in the province. “Our enemies do not want development and prosperity in Balochistan,” said Lt Gen Aamer Riaz. He further said that the people of the country need to understand the dangers faced by Pakistan. “The geographical and ideological borders of Pakistan are being threatened,” added Riaz.
A man believed to be a serving officer in the Indian Navy and a member of the Indian intelligence agency RAW was arrested during a raid in Balochistan on Thursday. The spy was linked to separatist elements in Balochistan, and was involved in acts of sectarian terrorism and terror attacks in Karachi, a security official had said, adding that the RAW officer had been shifted to Islamabad for interrogation. Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti on Thursday confirmed the arrest of the suspected Indian spy from the southern part of the province.
“The arrest has proved Indian involvement in Balochistan”, he said, adding that the spy was sponsoring terrorist and subversive activities in Balochistan. Bugti had last year claimed RAW and Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) are funding and training Baloch Republican Army (BRA) militants. The arrest of the suspected RAW officer comes just days before a possible meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.
