New Delhi, July 16: Union Home Secretary G K Pillai was at the centre of the Indo-Pak diplomatic row today after an extraordinary attack on him by Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, against which he was defended by India.
Qureshi caused a flutter when he appeared to bracket LeT operative Hafiz Saeed’s hate-India speeches with the remarks made by Pillai that Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley had disclosed that ISI was involved in the Mumbai terror attack.
The Pakistani Minister objected to his remarks on the eve of Indo-Pak talks and asked “to what extent” these helped the bilateral ties. He also claimed that his Indian counterpart S M Krishna was in agreement with him that such remarks were “uncalled for”.
Krishna, who had not refuted Qureshi during their joint press conference in Islamabad yesterday, was today attacked by the BJP for not defending the Home Secretary.
–Agencies