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ISLAMABAD: A senior official of the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday dismissed as “fanciful” a report in an Indian publication which claimed that Dr Abdul Qadir Khan had held two meetings with Osama bin Laden in Kabul.

When his attention was drawn to the report by one Dominique Lapierre and published in Indian Express, the official rejected it as “fanciful and an attempt at fortune seeking by creating sensation.”

The official also dismissed a report titled “Their Man in Colombo” by B. Raman and published in the Indian magazine “Outlook India” which alleged that Pakistani intelligence agencies use external bases for covert operations against India.

He described the report “a motivated piece full of wild allegations and deliberately designed to spread disinformation by an ex -RAW operator.”

He said the charge had been a familiar refrain from quarters inimical to Pakistan and whose only agenda is to fuel anti-Pakistan sentiments.

“The accusation that Pakistan’s High Commissioner-designate to Colombo poses a national security threat to India is indeed preposterous and should be dismissed with the contempt that it deserves,” said the official.