By A Correspondent
New Delhi: India has strongly rejected Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s accusations that New Delhi was behind recent terror attacks in Islamabad and Wana, calling them “baseless” and “delirious” attempts to divert attention from Pakistan’s internal crisis.
Responding to media queries, Ministry of External Affairs 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 to deflect attention of its own public from the ongoing military-inspired constitutional subversion and power-grab unfolding within the country.”
Jaiswal added that the international community was “well aware of the reality” and would not be misled by Pakistan’s “desperate diversionary ploys.”
The sharp response followed statements by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who blamed “Indian-sponsored terrorist proxies” for a suicide blast outside an Islamabad court on Nov. 11, 2025, that killed 12 people and injured 20 others. Sharif also alleged Indian involvement in a separate attack on a cadet college in Wana, near the Afghan border.
How Pakistan’s Claims Fell Flat
However, Pakistan’s claims came under question as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — or one of its factions, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) — claimed responsibility for the Islamabad attack.
The JuA has a long record of carrying out some of Pakistan’s deadliest terror strikes, though the main TTP later distanced itself from the bombing.
Sharif’s accusations were echoed by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who described Pakistan as being “in a state of war” and called the blast a “wake-up call.”
Asif also accused Afghanistan’s Taliban regime of allowing militants to operate from its soil, asserting that the attack “brought the war to Islamabad.”
Islamabad’s Deadliest Terror Incident
Videos from the blast site showed flames and smoke billowing over the city’s District Judicial Complex, a high-security zone surrounded by key government offices.
According to Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, CCTV footage captured the suicide bomber attempting to enter the court before detonating explosives near a police vehicle.
This was Islamabad’s deadliest suicide attack in nearly two decades, since the 2008 Marriott Hotel bombing that killed 54 people. The renewed violence comes amid a surge in Islamist militancy since the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul in 2021, a development that has sharply deteriorated Pakistan’s security environment.
Afghan Taliban’s Deep Sorrow
The Afghan Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement expressing “deep sorrow and condemnation” over the attacks but did not respond to Pakistan’s direct allegations. Meanwhile, both the US and Chinese embassies in Islamabad condemned the suicide blast and expressed solidarity with Pakistan’s people.
Observers note that Pakistan’s attempt to link India to the attacks — despite claims of responsibility by local militant groups — reflects a broader pattern of deflecting domestic political turmoil.
The Sharif government faces rising instability, tensions with the military, and increasing militant violence across the country’s northwest.
For New Delhi, the accusations are seen as yet another “diversionary tactic” by Islamabad: one that underscores Pakistan’s deepening internal fissures rather than any credible threat from India.
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