NEW DELHI: After Pakistan ’s decision to skip the Saarc video conference on the likely effect of Covid-19 on intra-regional trade, India slammed Islamabad accusing it of trying to score “narrow political’’ goals even as people of the region reeled under the pandemic.To suit this agenda, sources said, Pakistan had been angling to bring Covid-19 related interactions under the formal Saarc umbrella by involving the Saarc secretariat.After it refused to participate in the trade conference, Pakistan had on Wednesday night said such exercises can be effective only when led by the Saarc secretariat and that since it was not part of the conference, Pakistan chose not to join. India though doesn’t want the Saarc Covid-19 initiative to get sucked into the mire of bureaucratic formalities.According to sources here, by trying to get Covid-19 related interactions under the Saarc umbrella, Islamabad was only seeking a “free hand’’ to block all Indian initiatives and proposals by using the “Saarc Charter provisions, Rules of Procedure... for each and every thing’’.Pakistan, which was the only Saarc country to have not made any contribution to the Saarc Covid-19 emergency fund until now, on Thursday said it had pledged $ 3 million for the same but added it wanted the fund to be administered by the Saarc secretariat.