Why Pakistan’s denial on Pahalgam has zero credibility - The Times of India


Pakistan's denial of involvement in the Pahalgam attack lacks credibility, given its history of similar denials in past terrorist incidents.
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Why Pakistan’s denial on Pahalgam has zero credibility

  • TNNUpdated: Apr 25, 2025, 17:38 IST IST

Hstorical record shows that Islamabad’s denials of complicity in cross-border terrorism almost always turn out to be at best economical with the truth. Take the bloodiest precedent: Mumbai, 2008

“Not us,” declared Islamabad within hours of the slaughter in Pahalgam, J&K, on April 22, when five gunmen lined up tourists, asked who among them was not Muslim, and executed 26 people. The claim of innocence is familiar theatre. A quickly issued statement of sympathy is followed by an insistence that the killers were freelancing militants for whom Pakistan cannot be held responsible. It ought to convince no one.

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