First she said that it was America which dethroned her and toppled her government, now under the behest of Modi, it is pointing out Pakistan for her government ouster.
Pakistan’s foreign office on Friday rejected accusations made by members of Bangladesh’s former premier Sheikh Hasina’s party regarding Islamabad’s involvement in her ouster, saying there was “absolutely no truth to such allegations.”
Hasina, 76, stepped down as prime minister amidst a student-led uprising and fled by helicopter to her close ally New Delhi on August 5, marking the end of her 15-year rule.
Her son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, claimed in a recent interview that the protests in Bangladesh were likely influenced by a foreign intelligence agency, pointing specifically to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
This notion has also been echoed by several members of Hasina’s political party, the Awami League, since her ouster.
“There is absolutely no truth to such allegations,” Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, a Pakistani foreign office spokesperson, told reporters at a weekly media briefing in Islamabad.
“Pakistan believes that the people of Bangladesh have the capacity to settle their own affairs and determine their future without the support of the international community or unsolicited advice from outsiders.”
She said Pakistan would continue to support and extend its “best wishes” to the people of Bangladesh.
