Foreign fighters being trained in PoK for 'jihad' in India:BBC

London/Islamabad, Nov 6 (PTI) Hundreds of students,
including foreigners, are being trained in militant camps in
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (or PoK) to wage 'jihad' against
India, but Pakistan on Saturday denied the report by the BBC
as "baseless".

After a lull, several militant outfits have now again
raised their heads and increased their activities in and
around Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
(PoK), to wage 'jihad' against India, BBC Urdu Service has
reported.
A 25-year-old engineering student from Lahore, fresh
from a training stint in one of the camps told BBC from POK
that "a large number of youths from Pakistani universities and
abroad are undergoing training in PoK under supervision of a
militant group to wage jihad against India."
"Around 20 per cent youths in the training camps are
from Kashmir and 10 per cent are from other countries...
Majority of those receiving training are from Pakistan's
Punjab province," claimed the student, who identified himself
as a Kashmiri and had received two-month training this year.
He also said that many other students from his
university have joined the militant training programme run by
a tanzeem (group) located near Lahore, an apparent reference
to Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which is headquartered at Murdike on the
outskirts of the city.
"We could be sent to Kashmir or we could be stationed
in Pakistan itself for propagating Islam," he said in response
to a question.
The claims made by the student contradicts Pakistan's
Interior Minister Rehman Malik who had recently denied reports
of existence of militant camps in PoK.
Pakistan on Saturday dismissed the report as "baseless"
attempt to undermine the movement by the Kashmiri people.
Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit contended it was
"baseless and malicious". He said such reports are "aimed at
undermining the legitimate struggle of Kashmiris for their
right to self-determination".
Pakistan is committed to extend "full diplomatic and
moral support to Kashmiris in their struggle against Indian
occupation", he said in Islamabad.
Despite the Pakistan government's claim that militant
groups are not active in PoK, members of banned organisations
like the Lashker-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul
Mujihadeen have openly organised and addressed several
meetings in which they have called on people to wage "jihad"
to "liberate" Jammu and Kashmir. PTI ZH
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