ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Pakistan has shared proof of foreign involvement in Balochistan with the country concerned, the foreign secretary disclosed on Saturday.

“We have shared the information with the relevant people,” Jalil Abbas Jilani told reporters after a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Although he did not name any country, officials have quite often accused India of fomenting violence in Balochistan.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in his recent meeting with his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh in New York, had also raised the allegations of Indian involvement in Balochistan unrest.

The meeting, which took place days after Dr Singh termed Pakistan an epicentre of terrorism in his speech to the UN General Assembly, was the first face-to-face interaction between the two leaders since the PML-N government took office in June.

The Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security, Sartaj Aziz, had said on Thursday that the matter came up during the meeting of the two prime ministers and Dr Singh had sought evidence. “We will share the proof,” Mr Aziz added.

Foreign Secretary Jilani said that while terrorism was a serious concern for both countries, hurling allegations and pointing fingers was not a wise course.

The government has often accused foreign elements of promoting strife in Balochistan but has been reluctant to make the evidence public. The disinclination to make the proof public has led to doubts about it being watertight.

It is said that the PPP-led government had placed some of the evidence of Indian hand in Balochistan before the Senate last year.

A senior official claimed that Pakistan had been sharing proofs of Indian involvement with Delhi since 2006 under the anti-terror mechanism.Prime Minister Singh had in 2009 at the Sharm El Sheikh summit with then prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani agreed to discuss the allegations with Pakistan. The Balochistan issue was also reflected in the joint statement issued after that meeting.

APP adds: Foreign Secretary Jilani said that Pakistan wanted negotiated settlement of all outstanding issues with India, including Kashmir.

He urged India to come to the negotiating table instead of levelling allegations against Pakistan.

About drone strikes, he said Prime Minister Sharif would take up the issue during his meeting with President Barack Obama this month and at all other forums.

In reply to a question about the release of Mullah Baradar, he said it was part of the Afghan reconciliation process, denying that he was being handed over to any country.