Rawalpindi : Pakistan’s all three armed forces, army, navy and air force, on Friday briefed to the international media on Pahalgam incident and India’s aggression against Pakistan.
Inter-Services Public Relation (ISPR) Director General Lt. General Ahmad Sharif opened the briefing.
He began by talking about the Pahalgam incident when 26 Indian tourists were killed at the Baisiran resort in Pahalgam in the Indian-held Kashmir on April 22.
Lt. Gen Sharif said India failed to provide any evidence of Pakistan’s involvement in the attack despite India media and a police FIR claiming that the country was behind it.
Referring to the immediate Indian media narrative following the Pahalgam incident, Lt Gen Chaudhry questioned how New Delhi was able to identify the alleged perpetrators within minutes, despite having no concrete evidence. “Is this the first time India is doing this? There is a history to it,” he said.
DG ISPR further added that “How did the Indian government jump to the conclusion regarding who the attackers were within 10 minutes of the incident? When you don’t have any evidence, what do you do? You open up the military front.”
He said India was using baseless accusations against Pakistan to mask its own failures and shift public attention. He also condemned India for launching attacks on Pakistan and targeting civilians, including women and children, calling such actions part of a broader pattern of hostility.
DG ISPR further said that India was deliberately attempting to create instability along Pakistan’s eastern border in order to disrupt Islamabad’s counterterrorism operations. “India’s attempts to promote volatility at the eastern border were aimed at distracting Pakistan’s counterterrorism efforts because the objectives of this incident are to provide space to the terrorists sponsored by India who are operating along the western border, such as the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan or terrorist groups in Balochistan,” he stated.
He also pointed out India’s alleged involvement in transnational terrorism, referring to tensions with countries like Canada and the United States over accusations of Indian-sponsored killings abroad. “The DG ISPR has pointed out India’s involvement in transitional terrorism and killings not only in Pakistan but also in Canada and the United States,” he said.
DG ISPR added that terror camps operating within India were actively fuelling militancy in Pakistan. During the briefing, he presented video confessions of captured militants who admitted to being in contact with and receiving support from Indian handlers. “The terrorist leaders who surrendered tell us about how India supports terrorism in Pakistan,” he said. “India is supporting terrorism in Pakistan on a daily basis.”
The press conference underscored Pakistan’s accusations of Indian interference and served as a stern rebuttal to New Delhi’s claims following the Pahalgam attack.
