ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday categorically dismissed Indian propaganda linking it to last year’s Pahalgam terrorist attack, lamenting that its neighbour had chosen to weaponise its narrative amid an ongoing regional crisis.
The Pahalgam attack occurred on April 22, 2025, and left 26 people dead, most of them tourists. It is now considered one of the deadliest armed attacks in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) since 2000. New Delhi held Pakistan responsible for the incident without providing any credible or concrete evidence. However, Pakistan has repeatedly rejected these claims and termed them malicious propaganda, the Foreign Office spokesperson said in a statement.
“At a time when Pakistan, along with its international partners, is undertaking concerted diplomatic efforts for regional and international peace and security, it is deplorable that India has once again resorted to a campaign of baseless allegations and propaganda to link Pakistan with the Pahalgam incident,” the spokesperson added.
It is unfortunate that in the midst of an ongoing regional crisis, India remains focused on weaponising its false narrative against Pakistan for narrow domestic political gains.
After receiving a befitting reply to its misplaced adventurism in the form of Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos last year, such allegations constitute yet another chapter from India’s playbook of creating a smokescreen for its continued sponsorship of terrorism across the region.
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