ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday rejected India’s accusation it was behind a militant attack in Kashmir that triggered a war between the two countries this year, calling it a “distortion of facts” and questioning the timing of New Delhi’s claim India had killed the perpetrators ahead of a heated parliamentary session.
In a speech to the Indian parliament this week, Home Minister Amit Shah accused Pakistan of fomenting cross-border militancy and attempting to destabilize peace in Indian-administered Kashmir. He told Indian lawmakers the attack bore “clear signs of Pakistani involvement” and warned of “decisive consequences” if such incidents persisted.
Pakistan and India went to war in May that lasted for four days after an April gun attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir left 26 people dead. Without presenting any evidence, New Delhi accused Islamabad of orchestrating the assault, prompting Islamabad to deny the charge and call for an impartial international probe.
Shah also claimed Indian security forces had killed militants involved in the April attack in “an encounter.”
“Pakistan categorically rejects the baseless assertions and provocative claims made by the Indian leaders during the Lok Sabha [parliamentary] debate on the so-called Operation Sindoor,” Foreign Office Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan told a weekly press briefing, referring to the title New Delhi gave to its war with Pakistan.
