India rejects Pakistan PM’s allegations over Islamabad blast

New Delhi, Nov 11: India on Tuesday rejected Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s allegations linking New Delhi to the suicide bombing in Islamabad and another attack on a cadet college near the Afghan border, describing the claims as “baseless and unfounded.”

Within hours of the explosion near the district court in Islamabad, Pakistan, which killed 12 people and injured several others, Pakistan Prime Minister Sharif blamed India for orchestrating the attack.

He also alleged Indian involvement in the assault on the Wana Cadet College earlier in the day, calling the Afghan Taliban “India’s proxy.”

The baseless remarks were made without any evidence.

Responding to media queries on Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Pakistan’s comments reflected a “predictable tactic” to deflect attention from its internal turmoil.

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “India unequivocally rejects the baseless and unfounded allegations being made by an obviously delirious Pakistani leadership. It is a predictable tactic by Pakistan to concoct false narratives against India in order to deflect the attention of its own public from the ongoing military-inspired constitutional subversion and power-grab unfolding within the country. The international community is well aware of the reality and will not be misled by Pakistan’s desperate diversionary ploys.”

Earlier, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said the country was “in a state of war” and described the bombing as a “wake-up call.”