Pakistan PM blame India for Islamabad suicide blast that killed 12

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has blamed India for the suicide blast outside an Islamabad court that killed 12 people. He also alleged New Delhi's role in Monday's attack on a cadet college in Wana, near the border with Afghanistan.

Sharif blamed "Indian-sponsored terrorist proxies" for the twin attacks, according to Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), the Pakistani government's news agency. "These attacks are a continuation of India's state-sponsored terrorism aimed at destabilising Pakistan," he was quoted by APP as saying on Tuesday.

Pakistan, the nest of terrorism in South Asia, has long been an exporter of terrorism. It harbours terrorists, and when it turns into a Frankenstein's Monster, it turns to blame India for it.

It has been linking the attacks by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to the Taliban regime in Kabul, and been calling it "India's puppet". It has even farcically named the TTP Fitna Al Hindustan, to link it to India.

Shehbaz Sharif's allegations against India came just hours after the blast, without any supporting



evidence.

Sharif said while "Indian-backed militants" struck in Islamabad, the same network operating from Afghan territory also attacked innocent children in Wana, according to the APP report. "No condemnation is enough for these attacks being carried out from Afghan soil under Indian patronage," he said.

In a hard-hitting response, India unequivocally rejected the baseless and unfounded allegations of "an obviously delirious Pakistani leadership". It also said Islamabad was involved in a predictable tactic to deflect its attention from its own internal crisis.

"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," a statement from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.