Islamabad police have said that they found no evidence that the daughter of Afghanistan ambassador was kidnapped from the capital city.
Addressing a press conference, flanked by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf, in Islamabad on Monday, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Qazi Jameelur Rehman said that the authorities have formed several teams to probe the matter.
The daughter of Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan Najibullah Alikhil was reportedly abducted and manhandled by unidentified assailants in Islamabad last week.Selsela Alikhil had claimed that she was “abducted and assaulted” by taxi drivers in the federal capital.
“We used our all resources for the investigation… and supported all law enforcement agencies,” said the Islamabad IGP said in today’s presser.
He said the purported abduction of Afghan envoy’s daughter was a complete “blind case” and they collected data of around 300 CCTV cameras installed in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
The IGP said police had collected the footages of all places visited by the envoy’s daughter.
As per police investigation, her abduction has not been proven yet, he maintained.
Earlier today, Foreign Minister Qureshi informed his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Haneef Atmar that the security of the Afghan embassy and consulate in Pakistan had been further enhanced.
The development comes a day after the Afghanistan government decided to withdraw its ambassador and senior diplomats from Pakistan, a move that Islamabad termed as "unfortunate and regrettable".
The decision by Kabul to recall its ambassador in Islamabad and other diplomats came in reaction to the reported abduction of the envoy's daughter on July 16.
Speaking during today's news conference, FM Qureshi said Prime Minister Imran Khan is personally monitoring the situation and Pakistan will take the investigation to its logical conclusion at the earliest.
Afghanistan wants to send its investigation team to check security environment, said the foreign minister.
“We have beefed up the security of Afghan consulates and diplomatic staff in Pakistan, Qureshi added.
He said he had requested his Afghan counterpart to review their decision of recalling their ambassador.
“We don’t have any intention to hide anything… we need their [Afghanistan’s] cooperation to take the investigation to its logical conclusion,” he added.
FM Quresi further said the Afghan authorities wanted to send their investigators to check the “security environment” in Pakistan and Islamabad has responded in affirmative to their request.
‘Hybrid warfare’
Speaking on the occaion, NSA Yusuf said Pakistan was facing “hybrid warfare” as Indian verified social media accounts had been found involved sharing false picture of the Afghan envoy’s daughter.
He said the aim of Indian propaganda is to create rifts between Islamabad and Kabul. The NSA also quoted EU Disinfolab report which exposed Indian network to malign Pakistan at international fora.
The NSA said same social media accounts, which spread propaganda related to Kashmir and Balochistan, had been found involved in fanning fake news regarding the purported abduction saga.
Moeed said “some spoilers of peace” were trying to make Pakistan a scape goat of their failures and they were trying to establish false narrative that Pakistan and Afghanistan are eternal enemies.
