Speaking on the occasion, ISPR Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said, “We will focus on facts, not accusations.”
He pointed out that Pahalgam is 230km from the LoC and asked how it’s possible for someone to reach such a remote area within 10 minutes. He questioned why India’s narrative immediately claimed that Muslims attacked Hindus. He said that the prime minister had also raised concerns over India’s claims, reiterating that terrorism has no religion.
He added that Indian media began blaming Pakistani agencies just minutes after the incident, using a zipline operator’s video to support a false narrative.
A similar pattern was observed in the Jaffar Express case, he said, where a specific Indian account predicted the attack beforehand, and later the same account “confirmed” it post-incident — a narrative boosted by Indian media.
“India is using the Pahalgam incident as a pretext to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty,” said the army spokesperson.
The ISPR DG said that hundreds of Pakistanis are illegally imprisoned in Indian jails. India is using these detained Pakistanis in fake encounters. In Uri, Muhammad Farooq was martyred in a staged encounter.
“India is killing innocent people under false accusations of infiltration. India itself is a terrorist state, detaining Pakistani and Kashmiri civilians in its jails, where they are tortured and forced to make statements,” he added.
The ISPR DG stated that since January, there have been 3,700 incidents of terrorism in which 3,896 civilians and 1,314 security personnel were martyred, while 2,582 others were injured.
He added that security forces conducted 77,816 operations, killing 1,666 terrorists, including 83 high-value targets.
Responding to a question, the ISPR DG said, “We are monitoring the situation. Our response is ready. According to the National Security Council meeting, we have multiple options — and we will defend Pakistan at all costs.