Pakistan has harshly criticized India’s repeated tendency to accuse it of terrorism-related incidents without presenting any evidence, branding the pattern as politically driven “war hysteria.”
Speaking to Banglanews in an exclusive interview, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Syed Ahmed Maroof, questioned the credibility and intent behind India’s rapid accusations following attacks like the recent one in Pahalgam.
“First of all, I would like to know what kind of magic wand they have—how is it that within a few minutes to half an hour of an incident, they claim to have all the information, all the evidence, and enough reason to say that Pakistan is behind it?” the envoy asked. “This is what they do every time.”
Referring to India’s heavy military presence in Kashmir, Maroof pointed to what he described as an internal security failure. “Despite the presence of seven hundred thousand military personnel in illegally Indian-occupied Kashmir, this offensive incident still happened. On one hand, they are unable to prevent such incidents, yet on the other, it takes them hardly a few minutes to blame Pakistan.”
The High Commissioner also highlighted Pakistan’s repeated offers to investigate such incidents jointly or through neutral observers—offers that, according to him, India has consistently rejected.
“Pakistan has repeatedly requested evidence. We even offered to involve neutral observers to independently investigate the entire incident and present unbiased findings. But India refuses to go down that path,” he stated.
Instead, he claimed, India fuels an environment of hostility. “They resort to war hysteria—war, war, and more war—and continue to create tensions. That’s what we’ve been facing,” Maroof added, cautioning that such approaches harm regional peace and international credibility.
The envoy’s remarks come amid rising tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, following the Pahalgam incident.
His comments are expected to spark further debate over evidence-based accountability and the dangerous consequences of politicizing cross-border violence.
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