A day after reports claimed that the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide blast that killed 12 people in Islamabad on Tuesday, the terror outfit has clarified that it was not behind the attack, according to a report.
A report by WION has claimed that TTP spokesperson Muhammad Khurasani as well as its splinter group Jamaat ul Ahrar’s top leader Sarbakaf Mohmand have both issued official statements denying involvement in the attack.
Earlier, The Guardian reported that the Pakistani Taliban claimed the responsibility for the attack. “Judges, lawyers and officials who carried out rulings under Pakistan’s un-Islamic laws were targeted,” the news outlet cited the TTP as saying in a statement.
However, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was quick to put the blame on India, alleging that the attacks were carried out by “Indian-sponsored terrorist proxies”.
“These attacks are a continuation of India’s state-sponsored terrorism aimed at destabilizing Pakistan. No condemnation is enough for these attacks being carried out from Afghan soil under Indian patronage,” Sharif was quoted by Associated Press of Pakistan as saying on Tuesday.
Following this, the Union Ministry of External Affairs lashed out at the predictable tactic of the “obviously delirious Pakistani leadership”. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India “unequivocally rejects the baseless and unfounded allegations.”
Jaiswal stated that Pakistan is trying “to concoct false narratives against India in order to deflect the attention of its own public from the ongoing military-inspired constitutional subversion and power-grab unfolding within the country.”
“The international community is well aware of the reality and will not be misled by Pakistan’s desperate diversionary ploys,” he added.
Following the attack near Islamabad District Judicial Complex on November 11, Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said the attacker was trying to enter the building. However, he failed to do so and detonated explosives near a police vehicle at the gate of the court complex.
Who is behind Islamabad blast? Pakistani Taliban, splinter group Jamaat ul Ahrar deny responsibility of bombing: Report
