Online Desk: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has reiterated that Indian state-sponsored terrorism against Pakistan — which has been ongoing since the inception of the country — was also responsible for the recent attack in Balochistan’s Khuzdar.
According to Kashmir Media Service, on May 21, at least six people, including three students, were slain while over 40 others — mostly students — were injured after a bomb targeted a school bus near Zero Point in Khuzdar on the Quetta-Karachi highway when it was on its way to drop the students at the Army Public School in Khuzdar Cantonment.
Lt Gen Chaudhry was addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside the Interior Secretary, Captain (retd) Khurram Muhammad Agha.
“India was planning and instructing terrorist activities taking place in Pakistan, the funding for which is also provided by India,” Lt Gen Chaudhry said. “The attack in Balochistan had nothing to do with the Baloch identity, rather it was just India’s provocation.” He termed this as the “terrorist and brutal face of India”.
The DG ISPR highlighted that the attack on the Chinese envoy in Karachi in Oct 2024 also had Indian backing. “The Indian social media accounts affiliated with the Indian intelligence agency RAW posted about the attack beforehand.” He added that the same thing happened during the hijacking of the Jaffar Express train in March when more than 400 passengers were taken hostage by the banned Balochistan Liberation Army terrorists. “Before the Jaffer Express incident occurred, they [the social media accounts] were asking followers to ‘keep an eye on Pakistan today and tomorrow’.”
Lt Gen Chaudhry pointed out that the Indian media was “celebrating” the attack in Khuzdar. “These are all Indian accounts, affiliated with RAW [and] posting for BLA and Fitnah al Hindustan. What kind of a country celebrates acts of terrorism?” “Never in modern history have you seen any nation, any media celebrating the killing of children and women the way [India] is celebrating. “This is the low moral fibre and level that the current Indian political elite has brought the society to.”
The DG ISPR also maintained that New Delhi had been involved in perpetrating terrorism across the country since the inception of Pakistan. Lt Gen Chaudhry reminded the world that Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested from Pakistan, while several captured terrorists had confessed to receiving support from India.
He further said, “Instead of refraining from their oppression of minorities or finding a solution, India is carrying out terrorist activities in Pakistan and the region.” “They are externalising internal issues and when anyone asks for evidence, they do not have evidence. Who is the state sponsor of terrorism and the epicentre of destabilisation in this region?” he questioned.
The DG ISPR also called out the Indian media for spreading propaganda and said: “The Indian media is not free but controlled by the state,” he said.
He said that India’s military escalation was a necessity to create space for their proxy groups in the region, but stated that Pakistan did not disengage a single soldier from its counterterrorism force. He added that India was growing frustrated and desperate, stating that the country’s media was “howling” about Balochistan.
Lt Gen Chaudhry also spoke about the Indian attacks on Pakistan on May 6 and 7, which were carried out by New Delhi after blaming Islamabad for April’s Pahalgam attack in occupied Kashmir and led to civilian deaths. He noted that Pakistan acted with restraint in the recent confrontation with India for three to four days. “India assumed there were internal divisions in Pakistan, but they miscalculated,” he stated, adding that any illusion of Pakistan’s weakness should now be dispelled.
DG ISPR reiterated that Pakistan was the “rational player” in the scenario with India and stated that the Pahalgam attack took place due to “India’s own oppression in Kashmir”.
Interior Secretary Capt (retd) Agha also said that India was behind the terrorist incident in Khuzdar on May 21. “Let me be unequivocal that this was not an attack on a bus alone, it was an attack on our values, our education, and the very fabric of our society,” he said. He said initial findings confirmed that this attack was a continuation of a broader pattern of violence sponsored by India through Fitnah al Hindustan, operating under the tutelage and intelligence of the Indian intelligence agency, RAW .
“Having miserably failed in the so-called Operation Sindoor, the terror proxies of Hindustan have been tasked to accentuate their heinous attacks of terrorism in Balochistan and elsewhere. Let me be absolutely clear, the people of Pakistan will not let them succeed.
“Pakistan and its people, particularly in Balochistan, reject this nefarious design. The state has the capacity and the will to dismantle these networks and bring the perpetrators and their handlers to justice. Such actions will have consequences.”
“These Indian-sponsored terrorists have no place in Pakistan and our national discourse. We have … commitment to bring an end to this violence. Our resolve is firm and our response will be decisive. They will not succeed.”
