asylum to Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti +Bugti's application seeking political asylum +received by the Home Ministry +approached the Indian Embassy in Geneva +decision of seeking asylum +killed by the Pakistani army +ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday warned India that by granting, it will become an "official sponsor of terrorism". "India granting asylum to Bugti will amount to harbouring a terrorist by a state...thus (India) becoming official sponsor of terrorism," Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif tweeted.Asif's remarks came after it emerged thatin India was yesterdaywhich is examining it.Bugti, who has been living in Switzerland, on Tuesdayseeking asylum in India and exuded confidence of a positive response from New Delhi.Bugti is the President and founder of Baloch Republican Party. Thewas taken at a meeting of the Baloch Republican Party on Sunday in Geneva.He is the grandson of Nawab Akbar Bugti , a Baloch nationalist leaderin 2006.Pakistan government had blamed India for helping Bugti flee Pakistan to Geneva in 2010 via Afghanistan.

Source: Times of India September 23, 2016 13:23 UTC