Pakistan rejects Indian minister's 'baseless' claims linking arrests to Islamabad

Pakistan's Foreign Office has strongly refuted allegations made by India's Home Minister, Amit Shah, which linked certain arrests in India to Pakistan. Islamabad dismissed the claims as "baseless assertions" and part of a "malicious campaign" by New Delhi to deflect from its own domestic security challenges and political gains.

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Such propaganda is yet another demonstration of India’s malicious campaign against Pakistan to divert attention from its domestic security challenges and to blame Pakistan for narrow domestic political gains.

While the Foreign Office statement did not directly name Amit Shah, it responded to his recent claims on social media that the Indian government had "destroyed" a terrorist group with alleged backing from Pakistan. Pakistan's Foreign Office stated, "Such propaganda is yet another demonstration of India’s malicious campaign against Pakistan to divert attention from its domestic security challenges and to blame Pakistan for narrow domestic political gains."

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Externally, India is exporting terror and abetting terrorists.

The statement further accused India of being a "repressive state" internally, oppressing minorities and silencing dissent, while externally, it alleged India is "exporting terror and abetting terrorists." Pakistan urged the international community to reject these "unfounded Indian insinuations" and hold India accountable for alleged "state-sponsored terrorism, targeted assassinations, and subversion in foreign territories."

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Unfounded Indian insinuations cannot divert international attention away from India’s state-sponsored terrorism, targeted assassinations, and subversion in foreign territories.

As evidence of India's alleged involvement in destabilizing activities, Pakistan referenced the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian naval commander convicted in Pakistan. Islamabad maintains that Jadhav's conviction serves as "undeniable proof of India’s direct involvement in subversion and terrorism in Pakistan."

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The convicted and serving Indian naval commander, Kulbhushan Jadhav, is undeniable proof of India’s direct involvement in subversion and terrorism in Pakistan.