ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Thursday strongly rejected statements by Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, calling them “irresponsible and misleading” and slamming India for attempting to divert attention from its own regional actions.
Speaking at a media briefing in Islamabad, Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said India’s recent claims about Pakistan’s “role in terrorism” were part of a “blatant attempt to deflect attention from its own deeply troubling record as a neighbour, marked by the promotion of terrorism and contributions to regional instability.”
Earlier this week in Luxembourg, Jaishankar described Pakistan as a state that has “openly supported terrorism for decades” and accused it of operating “training camps in big cities…where the state and the military support terrorism.”
Responding to these assertions, Andrabi highlighted recently surfaced documentary evidence indicating that “New Delhi sought a third country’s intervention” to secure a ceasefire with Pakistan following the May 2025 Pahalgam incident.
“No amount of bluster can obscure India’s fabricated narrative surrounding counterterrorism, particularly regarding the Pahalgam incident, or its reckless misadventure against Pakistan in the aftermath,” he said.
The spokesperson said India has consistently engaged in disruptive actions in the region, including extrajudicial killings abroad, interference in neighboring countries’ internal affairs, the export of terrorism into Pakistan, including through operatives such as Kulbhushan Jadhav, and providing safe havens to wanted criminals.
He further criticized India’s domestic record, saying minorities face escalating intimidation and repression, adding: “Before presuming to lecture others, India would do well to confront its own conduct and the growing gap between its rhetoric and reality.”
Andrabi concluded that India’s “fixation on Pakistan” cannot conceal its own role as a “serial disrupter of peace” in South Asia.
