NEW DELHI, March 7: India on Wednesday denied allegations by Pakistani officials that New Delhi was involved in a tribal insurgency in the province of Balochistan.

“India has nothing to do with developments in Balochistan,” India's foreign ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said in response to Pakistan's charges.

The South Asian rival nations on Wednesday concluded their first session of an anti-terrorism mechanism in Islamabad to fight terrorist violence.

On Tuesday, a senior Pakistani government official said that Islamabad handed over to India “a dossier on terrorist acts sponsored by Indian agencies in Pakistan, particularly in Balochistan” as the panel met.

The gas-rich Balochistan has been in the grip of a two-year insurgency launched by ethnic Baloch rebels who want more political rights and a greater share of profits from the region's natural resources.

Sarna said that New Delhi also shared with Islamabad evidence of terrorist activities in India, but he declined to give details.

The two countries agreed to share information to prevent terror attacks through the new panel.

The joint initiative to fight terrorism is the latest in a series of steps under a peace process started in January 2004. — AFP